>Maybe I'm slow...I'm trying to decipher what you're trying to do. Show us your table >layout >Show us your search criteria and code >Show us a dump of your table so we can see what the data look like
ahhh give the chap a break, this is 4th (or so) posting. he thinks we're all wonderful! Let's not mess that up for him: You had it when you said: "..how do I ORDER BY and then.." SELECT * FROM <your_table> WHERE foo LIKE '%bar%' ORDER BY <some_field> LIMIT <some_limit> * You could set <some_field> in your code or have it as a variable set from the web-page: "Click table headings to sort by that field" etc etc * You could also have <some_limit> set as a number from a select menu again on the web page of search results. Good luck! Russ PS Where is this search engine? can I have a look??? go on - you know it makes sense.... On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:46:25 -0500 Rick Emery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe I'm slow... > > I'm trying to decipher what you're trying to do. > > Show us your table layout > Show us your search criteria and code > Show us a dump of your table so we can see what the data look like > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Payne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 12:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-DB] Order By for search results ??? > > > Hi there everyone, > > I am happy, I have my search engine working almost perfectly (Touch wood :-) > but there is one problem. When I search - say for Backpacking in Australia > it doesn't bring up the results in that order as I have to order by country, > city or whatever. What I want to know is, how do I ORDER BY and then my > search results so that I get the nearest matches at the top of the search? > > Thank you all for your help, this list is the best place to be for PHP :-) > > Chris > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > #-------------------------------------------------------# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam www.theruss.com #-------------------------------------------------------# -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
