For this, let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( Message text ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.15 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Good'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.43 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bye'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Awesome'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.17 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bye'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.08 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Good'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Amazing'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Awesome'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Bye'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+---------+ | Message | +---------+ | Good | | Bye | | Awesome | | Bye | | Good | | Amazing | | Awesome | | Bye | +---------+ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to ORDER BY FIELD with GROUP BY in a single MySQL query −
mysql> select *from DemoTable group by Message order by field(Message,'Amazing','Awesome','Good','Bye');
This will produce the following output −
+---------+ | Message | +---------+ | Amazing | | Awesome | | Good | | Bye | +---------+ 4 rows in set (0.04 sec)