Question

Database entries

table test

 name
========================
 Sunae Kasimov
 Obsop Natty
 Preem Kuman

Mysql query

select * 
from test 
where name like 'na%' or 
      name like '% na%' or 
      name like '%na%';

return in order
1 and then 2
but i wanted in order 2 and 1. That is want to give more weight to ‘% na%’ then ‘%na%’

Any way this can be done in mysql?

Answer 1

select * from 
(
select * from name where name like '% na%'
union
select * from name where name like 'na%'
union
select * from name where name like '%na%'
) a