MySQL Sort By 2 Columns

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I have a table which holds information on television programs and I want to order it by Seasons and then by episodes. Here's a basic view of what I have:

+---+--------+---------+
|id | Season | Episode |
+---+--------+---------+
| 1 |    1   |    1    |
+---+--------+---------+
| 1 |    1   |    2    |
+---+--------+---------+
| 1 |    2   |    1    |
+---+--------+---------+
| 1 |    2   |    3    |
+---+--------+---------+

So I select what I need and order by Season. But there's going to be a lot between seasons so I need to sort episodes too, but without it affecting seasons.

I think what you meant is "columns" not "tables" - the table is what holds all this data, a column is "season", "episode", etc. — Paolo Bergantino, Jun 03 '09 at 11:04
Possible duplicate of [PHP MySQL Order by Two Columns](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/514943/php-mysql-order-by-two-columns) — Jim Fell, Jun 13 '16 at 19:39

score 25 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 26 '18 at 19:25

25

Do you mean:

SELECT id, Season, Episode 
FROM table 
ORDER BY Season ASC, Epsisode ASC

Sorting by multiple columns is as simple as it gets.

edited Apr 26 '18 at 19:25

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answered Jun 03 '09 at 11:00

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Yes I meant columns. Im too tired to use the right terminolagy :p – Ben Shelock Jun 03 '09 at 11:38

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '09 at 11:01

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We know what you mean :) In your order by you should have

ORDER BY Season, Episode

It will sort by Season and then on Episode within Season

answered Jun 03 '09 at 11:01

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