Question

Say I want to include a where clause based on two columns, X and Z. I’d then order by (3 * X) + Z DESC. Is that possible? I could not find anything about arithmetic in the order by column.

So the statement would look like:

SELECT * FROM mySweetTable 
WHERE U LIKE "as%" or V LIKE "as%" 
ORDER BY (3 * X + Z) DESC

Answer 1

SELECT *, (3 * X + Z) as OrderCondition
FROM mySweetTable 
WHERE U LIKE "as%" or V LIKE "as%" 
ORDER BY OrderCondition DESC