xXREDXIIIXx Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 basically i have a quiz leader board cols: username, time, correct I want to first order by correct answers DESC but also by fastest times DESC. example: (time / correct) 300 / 50 299 / 50 200 / 50 280 / 49 270 / 49 350 / 48 any help would be great. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/230042-order-by-2-things/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Where are you stuck, exactly? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/230042-order-by-2-things/#findComment-1184782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXREDXIIIXx Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 to be honest with you I just don't know where to begin I'm actively googling now for hints etc Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/230042-order-by-2-things/#findComment-1184785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Please refer to the manual: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/order-by-optimization.html As you can see by the examples, you can easily ORDER BY two columns separating them by commas. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/230042-order-by-2-things/#findComment-1184787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXREDXIIIXx Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Maq, your a saint, SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY key_part1 DESC, key_part2 DESC; Works like a dream. Love you guys Bookmarked mysql.com Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/230042-order-by-2-things/#findComment-1184792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Maq, your a saint, Far from one, but thanks > Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/230042-order-by-2-things/#findComment-1184794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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