Thanks for the help! I spent more time looking at IFNULL() when I should've just been looking at IF(). Thanks again, sorry for the off-topic!
Jason Soza -----Original Message----- From: Dan Koken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Re: Using PHP for NULLs I do believe it is a MySql question!! What's wrong with the old standard way as: $result = mysql_query(" SELECT *, if (last_name is NULL,'zzz end',last_name) as last_name_sort FROM new_miatapix ORDER BY last_name_sort LIMIT $page, 20"); Good Luck.. HTH.. Dan.. =================================================== Jason Soza wrote: > I thought this was a MySQL question, or something that could be solved using > a creative SQL string, but after looking through the MySQL manual, I don't > think I can handle this with the database alone. According to the manual, > MySQL always sorts NULL values first - I want them last. I have a last_name > field that sometimes contains people's last names, sometimes they choose not > to enter their last names. I want those who don't enter a last name to end > up last on the list. > > Right now I have: $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM new_miatapix ORDER BY > last_name LIMIT $page, 20"); > > Am I going to have to do two queries here, then store them somehow using an > array? It seems like I'm going to have to do one query to get all NULL > values for last_name, then do another query to get all NOT NULL values for > last_name, but how would I handle that after I get it to PHP? > > Or can I use some PHP function to sort $result to place all NULL values > last? I'd check the PHP manual, but it seems to not be responding well at > the moment. > > Thanks, > > Jason Soza > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
