Sort a MySQL table column value by part of its value?
You can use ORDER BY RIGHT() for this. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable
(
UserId varchar(100)
);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.33 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User1234');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User9874');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User9994');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User1211');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User1012');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.79 sec)Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output -
+----------+
| UserId |
+----------+
| User1234 |
| User9874 |
| User9994 |
| User1211 |
| User1012 |
+----------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Case 1 − If you want the result in ascending order.
Following is the query to sort a MySQL table column value by part of its value.
mysql> select *from DemoTable ORDER BY RIGHT(UserId, 4);
This will produce the following output −
+----------+
| UserId |
+----------+
| User1012 |
| User1211 |
| User1234 |
| User9874 |
| User9994 |
+----------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Case 2 − If you want the result in descending order.
Following is the query to sort a MySQL table column value by part of its value -
mysql> select *from DemoTable ORDER BY RIGHT(UserId, 4) DESC;
This will produce the following output −
+----------+
| UserId |
+----------+
| User9994 |
| User9874 |
| User1234 |
| User1211 |
| User1012 |
+----------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Published on 20-May-2019 11:51:02
