Question

I use this SQL to grab some indexes:

select follow 
from unigram 
where alternativeSpelling like 'test' 
order by freq desc 
limit 10;

I then convert them to words using this SQL, one by one:

select word 
from wordIdxTranslate 
where word_idx = <one of the indexes from above>

How do I combine these to a single query, whil epreserving the ranking order from the first query (“freq”)?

Answer 1

Untested, but this should do it:

SELECT word 
FROM unigram, wordIdxTranslate
WHERE 
    unigram.follow=wordIdxTranslate.word_idx
    AND
    unigram.follow IN (SELECT T1.follow 
                       FROM unigram AS T1 
                       WHERE T1.alternativeSpelling LIKE 'test' 
                       ORDER BY T1.freq DESC 
                       LIMIT 10)
ORDER BY freq DESC