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Union Query Sorting

Union Query Sorting

2004-03-13       - By Egor Egorov

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"Ed Reed " <ereed@(protected) > wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to sort the combined results of a Union query?
> Right now I have a Group By and Order By in both of my queries that make
> up my Union but the results are grouped and sorted within the two
> queries but not between the two queries. The example below demonstrates
> my problem. In the results the first four people are employees and the
> last three are consultants
>
> (Select Name From Employee Group By Name Order By Name)
> Union (Select Name From Consultant Group By Name Order By Name);
>
> Results,
>
> A Person
> John Doe
> Paul Dude
> Ronald McDonald
> Beer Drinker
> Mayor McCheese
> Pizza Eater
>
> What I want is both queries grouped and sorted together. So the Results
> should look like this,
>
> A Person
> Beer Drinker
> John Doe
> Mayor McCheese
> Paul Dude
> Pizza Eater
> Ronald McDonald
>

Just add ORDER BY to the end of statement:

   (SELECT .... )
    UNION
   (SELECT .... )
   ORDER BY Name;

    http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/UNION.html



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