Question

I cant remember the right aproach in php to sort data from related tables anymore? Iam not sure if its even possible in one query?

table brands
id    name
------------
1     Disney
2     Pepsi
3     Sony

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table products
id    name        brandId
-----------------------
1     cd-playerX    3
2     nice poster   1
3     usb-radio     3
4     cd-playerY    3

I want to list all the products sorted by the name of the brand table (order=asc) like this:

• nice poster (Disney)
• cd-playerX (Sony)
• cd-playerY (Sony)
• usb-radio (Sony)

Anyone?

Answer 1

select p.name + ' (' + b.name + ')' as fullName
from products as p
left join brands as b
     on p.id = b.brandId
order by b.name asc, p.name asc --optional for brands with multiple products