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Asked: 2026-06-01T20:31:18+00:00

I am having a little trouble trying select ids of items ordered by the

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I am having a little trouble trying select ids of items ordered by the number of times they have been voted upon.
The votes are held in a seperate table but the order is not coming out in the right order.

Could anyone point out where this is going wrong please?

Table CompetitionEntries (Not used in query but maybe relevant)

id | PhotoTitle
=======================
23 |   'Photo 1'
24 |   'Photo 2'
25 |   'Photo 3'
26 |   'Photo 4'
=======================

Table CompetitionVotes

id | IdOfPhotoVotedOn
=======================
10 |   23
11 |   24
12 |   22
13 |   22
14 |   22
15 |   24
=======================

I am trying to use the statement shown below”

SELECT `IdOfPhotoVotedOn`, COUNT(`IdOfPhotoVotedOn`) 'Votes' 
FROM `CompetitionVotes` 
WHERE 1
GROUP BY `IdOfPhotoVotedOn`
ORDER BY 'Votes' DESC, `IdOfPhotoVotedOn`

What I am getting is

IdOfPhotoVotedOn | Votes
==========================
   22            |   3
   23            |   1
   24            |   2

I am trying to get is

IdOfPhotoVotedOn | Votes
==========================
   22            |   3
   24            |   2
   23            |   1
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  1. Editorial Team

    Try this?

    SELECT `IdOfPhotoVotedOn`, COUNT(`IdOfPhotoVotedOn`) 'Votes' 
FROM `CompetitionVotes` 
WHERE 1
GROUP BY `IdOfPhotoVotedOn`
ORDER BY COUNT(`IdOfPhotoVotedOn`) DESC, `IdOfPhotoVotedOn`
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