Sorting Retrieved Data

[Anakin]

Hi,

I am trying to make the following 3 scripts of code produce output that is in alphabetical order. I understand it needs to contain the statement ORDER BY, however not sure where to place it.

Can someone please assist?
Much appreciated!


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$result = mysql_query("[b]SELECT[/b] city_id, City [b]FROM[/b] city [b]WHERE[/b] country_id =".$country_id);

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$result = mysql_query("[b]SELECT DISTINCT[/b] category.category_id, Category [b]FROM[/b] category [b]INNER JOIN[/b] cat_city_bus [b]ON[/b] category.category_id = cat_city_bus.category_id [b]WHERE[/b] City_id = ".$city_id,$connection);

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$query = "[b]SELECT[/b]directory.business_id as dID, category.Category, Business, Address1, Address2, Address3, city.City, city.State, Postcode, country.Country, Telephone, Website, Email, Details, Picture [b]FROM[/b] cat_city_bus [b]INNER JOIN[/b] category [b]ON[/b] cat_city_bus.category_id = category.category_id
[b]INNER JOIN[/b] city [b]ON[/b] cat_city_bus.city_id = city.city_id
[b]INNER JOIN[/b] directory [b]ON[/b] cat_city_bus.business_id = directory.business_id
[b]INNER JOIN[/b] country [b]ON[/b] city.country_id = country.country_id [b]WHERE[/b]
cat_city_bus.city_id = ".$city_id." [b]AND[/b]
cat_city_bus.category_id = ".$category_id;

$result = mysql_query($query, $connection);

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[wildteen88]

The [b]ORDER BY[/b] statement is used at the end of your query like so:
[!--sql--][div class=\'sqltop\']SQL[/div][div class=\'sqlmain\'][!--sql1--][span style=\'color:blue;font-weight:bold\']SELECT[/span] city_id, City [color=green]FROM[/color] [color=orange]city[/color] [color=green]WHERE[/color] country_id [color=orange]=[/color][color=red]'$country_id'[/color] [color=green]ORDER BY[/color] city [color=green]ASC[/color] [!--sql2--][/div][!--sql3--]
change [b]city[/b] to the row name that you want your sql query to order the results by. ASC means [b]Asc[/b]ending order. If your want your result to be in [b]desc[/b]ending order your'll use [b]DESC[/b] instead of ASC