Question

i have a query that is order by alphabetical order

select id, color_name from colors order by color_name

output

| 4 | blue
| 1 | red
| 2 | violet
| 3 | yellow

i want to query the before and after record of specific record. example: red

desired output:

| 4 | blue
| 1 | red
| 2 | violet

thanks.

Answer 1

Try using a UNION:

SELECT  A.id, A.color_name FROM  (
   (
      SELECT  id, color_name FROM colors
      WHERE color_name <= 'red'
      ORDER BY color_name DESC
      LIMIT 2
   )
  UNION
   (
      SELECT id, color_name FROM colors
      WHERE color_name > 'red'
      ORDER BY color_name ASC
      LIMIT 1
   )

 ) as A
ORDER BY A.color_name