Question

Hello can anyone point me in the right direction here. What is the best way to select results from a tabel but show them in a certain way, see below for preferred sorting.

10, 9, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

make that into

6, 7, 8, 9, 10

and show in that order?

I have this so far…

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Chat ORDER BY Time DESC LIMIT 5");

Answer 1

Assuming that the numbers are not only 1-10, wrap it in a subquery and reorder back again.

SELECT *
FROM
   (
          SELECT *
          FROM Chat 
          ORDER BY `Time` DESC
          LIMIT 5           -- <=== change this to the number of records you want
   ) a
ORDER BY `TIME`

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