Question

I have a simple stats query in mysql.
I had it working using php but was keen to keep it in the database so I found another question on it here. Thanks to that I have it working in mysql now.

I need to get a running total count of records submitted per day.

I have the running total working but no matter what I change it simply will not order by day.

It will order by the running total column but not the day.

Any input is appreciated.

SET @runtot:=0;
SELECT
   q1.`Day` AS 'Days of month',
   q1.`Record count` AS 'Record count',
   (@runtot := @runtot +  q1.`Record count`) AS 'rt'
FROM
   (SELECT
    FROM_UNIXTIME(tr.`tr_last_update`, '%e') AS 'Day',
    COUNT(tr.tr_id_pk) AS 'Record Count'
    FROM records_table AS tr
    GROUP BY FROM_UNIXTIME(tr.`tr_last_update`,'%e')
) AS q1
ORDER BY 'Days of month';

Days of month   Record count    rt
10                  13          13
11                  2           15
7                   255         270
8                   173         443
9                   166         609

Answer 1

It’s being treated as a string. Try casting to an int:

SELECT
q1.`Day` AS 'Days of month',
...
ORDER BY CAST(q1.`Day` AS signed integer)