Re: [PHP-DB] Ranking in MySQL

2002-08-10 Thread DL Neil
David, I have a MySQL table called images, each with a rating from 1-10. The column is a decimal(10,2). For simplicity's sake, let's say i have the following: CREATE TABLE images ( image_id int not null auto_increment, image_path varchar(255) not null, rating decimal(10,2) not null,

[PHP-DB] Ranking in MySQL

2002-08-09 Thread David Balatero
I have a MySQL table called images, each with a rating from 1-10. The column is a decimal(10,2). For simplicity's sake, let's say i have the following: CREATE TABLE images ( image_id int not null auto_increment, image_path varchar(255) not null, rating decimal(10,2) not null, primary

Re: [PHP-DB] Ranking in MySQL

2002-08-09 Thread Mihail Bota
David, Your question is a little bit unclear. First, if it is rank, you do not need decimal, but integer (tinyint will do it). Then you need a little bit of statistics to rank the picture against the others, so, anytime each picture is ranked, you have to run the statistics and update the table