Question

I have created this table with a sql query that looks like this

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM 5050goosedown");

echo "<table border='0' width='975'>
<tr>
<th width='12.5%'>name:</th>
<th width='12.5%'>width:</th>
<th width='12.5%'>height:</th>
<th width='12.5%'>fill:</th>
<th width='12.5%'>our fill:</th>
<th width='12.5%'>old price:</th>
<th width='12.5%'>price:</th>
</tr>";

$i = 1;
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
    echo "<tr bgcolor='#F5F5F5'>";
  if($i%2 == 0){
      echo "<tr bgcolor='#E5E5E5'>";
  }
  $i++;

  echo "<td>" . $row['name'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['width'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['height'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['normal_fill'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['our_fill'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['old_price'] . "</td>";
  echo "<td>" . $row['price'] . "</td>";
  echo '<td bgcolor=#FFFFFF><form method="post" action=""><input type="hidden" name="goosedown_id" value="'.$row['goosedown_id'].'" /><input type="submit" name="sumbit" value="Delete" /></form></td>';
  echo "</tr>";
  }
echo "</table>";

?>

I was wondering what would be the best way to go about displaying the items in the table in a specific order because at the moment is is displaying in alphabetical order. However, I would like it to display in a order of size, i.e., single, super single, queen, king, super king…

I just dont know how to attempt this. Do you think maybe I need another entry in the database?

this is what the table looks like.. as you can see there is a section where people can enter their own values

mysql

CREATE TABLE `5050goosedown` (
    `goosedown_id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
    `name` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',  
    `width` int(8),
    `height` int(8),
    `normal_fill` int(8),
    `our_fill` int(8),
    `old_price` DECIMAL(3,2),
    `price` DECIMAL(3,2), 
    PRIMARY KEY  (`goosedown_id`)
    ) TYPE=MyISAM;

Answer 1

However I would like it to display in a order of size, i.e., single,
super single, queen, king, super king…

Then try this:

ORDER BY
  CASE Size
    WHEN 'sigle' THEN 0 
    WHEN 'super' THEN 1
    WHEN 'single' THEN 2
    WHEN 'queen' THEN 3
    ...
  END , Name