Re: php and mysql

Thanks guys, The prob was it was a numerical value just varcchar(4) so I changed it to int(4) and it worked fine!! ""Scott Mebberson"" <scott@redbluedesign.com> wrote in message news:8t0rkv$o0e$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > Hi guys, > > I have a small problem and wonder if anyone has had the same problem. > > I am using MySQL and PHP for this application. I am retrieving some data > from the MySQL database. I am using SELECT and then ORDER BY. I am ordering > it by the content in a feild called elementID which contains numbers (1, 2, > 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). But when I extract it, MySQL is ordering it > like Windows Explorer orders files -- 1, 10, 11, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 -- > This was cool though, I changed it to be 01, 02 ,03 ,etc and it all work. > The only thing is though, I was using a php loop to extract the files and > the loop could only understand the 1, 2, 3, 4 numbering system and not the > 01, 02, 03 > > So I am a little screwed. Anybody have a working around for this. > > thanks > > scott. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >