You can use an auxiliary lookup table:
FK_mygrade rank
------------ -----
Secret 1
A+ 2
...
Now join this table to your SELECT query on FK_mygrade, add 'rank' to the
SELECT items,
and ORDER BY rank
HTH
Ignatius
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Vernon" <steve@extremewattage.co.uk>
To: <php-db@lists.php.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 9:46 PM
Subject: Custom Sort Order in MySQL
Hiya,
Just wondering what is the best way to get some data out of a database
in cutom order.
They all have grades like A*, A, B, C and some are grade Secret.
If I sort them by grade secret is at the bottom, I would like this at
the top. I realise I could get all the Secret's, then A*, then A as seperate
calls, but id prefer to get them all in the correct order as I belive this
will be faster.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks!
Steve
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