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How to ORDER BY LIKE in MySQL?
To order by like in MySQL, use the case statement. The syntax is as follows −
SELECT *FROM yourTableName ORDER BY CASE WHEN yourColumnName like '%yourPatternValue1%' then 1 WHEN yourColumnName like '%yourPatternValue2%' then 2 else 3 end;
To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows −
mysql> create table OrderByLikeDemo -> ( -> Id int, -> Name varchar(100) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.84 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command. The query is as follows −
mysql> insert into OrderByLikeDemo values(100,'John Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into OrderByLikeDemo values(101,'Carol Taylor'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec) mysql> insert into OrderByLikeDemo values(102,'David Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into OrderByLikeDemo values(103,'Mike Taylor'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into OrderByLikeDemo values(104,'Bob Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into OrderByLikeDemo values(105,'Sam Williams'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement. The query is as follows −
mysql> select *from OrderByLikeDemo;
The following is the output −
+------+--------------+ | Id | Name | +------+--------------+ | 100 | John Smith | | 101 | Carol Taylor | | 102 | David Miller | | 103 | Mike Taylor | | 104 | Bob Miller | | 105 | Sam Williams | +------+--------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to get all records with ORDER BY like −
mysql> select *from OrderByLikeDemo -> order by case -> when Name like '%Taylor%' then 1 -> when Name like '%Miller%' then 2 -> else 3 -> end;
The following is the output −
+------+--------------+ | Id | Name | +------+--------------+ | 101 | Carol Taylor | | 103 | Mike Taylor | | 102 | David Miller | | 104 | Bob Miller | | 100 | John Smith | | 105 | Sam Williams | +------+--------------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 30-Jun-2020
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