Question

hi i have an mysql query where it will return post_id by max counts of status, The result it display currently is

POST_ID

    3

Mysql Table:

(`post_id`, `user_id`, `status`, `date_created`)
(2, 2, 'funny', 20121022120627)
(2, 3, 'lame', 20121023120627)
(3, 1, 'useful', 20121023120627)
(3, 3, 'lame', 20121023120627)
(3, 4, 'useful', 20121023120627)
(4, 4, 'useful', 20121024120627)

But the result i need is, to display the count from max to min on desc order.if 2 result having same number, then the top result will be based on the latest date_created similar like this

POST_ID

     3
     2
     4

My current query is

SELECT post_id
FROM tableName
GROUP BY post_ID
HAVING COUNT(*) = 
(
    SELECT MAX(x.counts)
    FROM
    (
        SELECT post_id, COUNT(*) counts
        FROM tableName
        GROUP BY post_id
    ) x
)

The sample can be found on SQLFiddle SQLFiddle

Answer 1

But the result i need is, to display the count from max to min on desc
order.if 2 result having same number, then the top result will be
based on the latest date_created.

You need to ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC, date_created DESC like so:

SELECT post_id
FROM tableName
GROUP BY post_ID
HAVING COUNT(*) = 
(
    SELECT MAX(x.counts)
    FROM
    (
        SELECT post_id, COUNT(*) counts
        FROM tableName
        GROUP BY post_id
    ) x
)
ORDER BY COUNT(*) DESC, date_created DESC

UPDATE 1

Try this,

SELECT post_id
FROM tableName
GROUP BY post_ID
ORDER BY  COUNT(*) DESC, MAX(`date_created`) DESC

Updated SQL Fiddle Demo