How to sort the query below by date?

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Hi php experts,

Would like to ask if the query below is correct to return results sort by date? Thanks a lot.

$date_query = "select date from timesheet where ID = (select max(ID) from timesheet where status=1 and userID='".$row['ID']."') order by date desc";

What I have tried:

The code below is working but the dates are not sorted. Thanks.

$date_query = "select date from timesheet where ID = (select max(ID) from timesheet where status=1 and userID='".$row['ID']."');

Posted 6-Oct-16 20:05pm

Member 10738621

Updated 6-Oct-16 22:43pm

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Suvendu Shekhar Giri 7-Oct-16 2:07am

That's what ORDER BY does. If you not apply any sorting then how DB server will be able to know what clolumn you wanted to be sort?
What's the issue with the first query?

Member 10738621 7-Oct-16 2:58am

Hi Suvendu,

Thanks for your reply. I just want to reconfirm whether the first query is correct to sort the result by date? Thanks again.

Suvendu Shekhar Giri 7-Oct-16 3:02am

Yes. The first one seems to be the correct one.

Member 10738621 7-Oct-16 3:04am

So the correct one is the query with ..order by... right? Thanks.

Suvendu Shekhar Giri 7-Oct-16 3:23am

Yes

Member 10738621 7-Oct-16 3:30am

Thanks a lot.

Sinisa Hajnal 7-Oct-16 4:18am

Please mark this as answered or delete it.

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-06T22:43:00

Solution 1

Adding one answer on behalf of Suvendu to close the thread.

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So the correct one is the query with ..order by... right? Thanks.

Posted 6-Oct-16 22:43pm

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

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Suvendu Shekhar Giri 7-Oct-16 5:30am

Thanks @Tadit :)

Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) 7-Oct-16 6:47am

hehe ;) :P