Question

I need to order rows over their column source. However, here’s the table I am querying (simplified):

+---+-------+-----+
|id |source |foo  |
+---+-------+-----+
|1  |5      |hey  |
|2  |7      |yo   |
+---+-------+-----+

And here are the sources:

+---+-------+
|id |name   |
+---+-------+
|5  |First  |
|7  |Awesome|
+---+-------+

Now, if I use a query like this:

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY source

…the results will order by the id of the source, not the actual name of it. I could simply order the results in PHP, but I’m looking for a sql-solution, if available.

Any help will be appreciated!

Answer 1

Sounds like you just need to join the tables together, like so:

SELECT * FROM table, sources WHERE table.source = sources.id ORDER BY sources.name

Assuming your sources table is called sources…