RE: [PHP] Array Sorting, 2 items...

> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Joseph [mailto:djoseph@duhq.us] > Sent: 22 July 2003 16:29 > > Yeah, I did get it from a mysql_fetch_array(). I have: > > ORDER BY > payment_methods.ba_type ASC, > loan_info.loan_number ASC > > However, what it does is first orders it by ba_type, then it > goes through > and re-orders it be loan_number, not keeping the ba_type > order intact. I > would have much rather handled it all with the SQL, but it > just doesn't seem > to work. Here's the entire query: > > SELECT payment_methods.ba_type, loan_info.loan_number, loan_info.id AS > loan_id, cust_info.first_name, cust_info.last_name, > transactions.approved_date, payment_types.type FROM > loan_info, cust_info, > transactions, payment_methods, payment_types WHERE > payment_methods.id = > transactions.payment_method AND payment_types.id = > transactions.trans_type > AND cust_info.id = loan_info.cust_id AND transactions.loan_id > = loan_info.id > AND transactions.trans_type = 1 AND (transactions.approved_date >= > '2003-07-09 00:00:00' AND transactions.approved_date <= '2003-07-22 > 23:59:59') AND (loan_info.loan_number LIKE '101%' OR > loan_info.loan_number > LIKE '136%' OR loan_info.loan_number LIKE '707%') GROUP BY > loan_info.id > ORDER BY loan_info.loan_number ASC > > Maybe I'm doing something wrong there? Well, erm, maybe I've got the wrong glasses on today, or maybe you've made a cut'n'paste boo-boo, but it sure looks to me like the ORDER BY clause on your entire query is not the same as the one you posted above. Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211