Following is the syntax implementing multiple LIKE operators with ORDER BY −
select *from yourTableName order by ( yourColumnName like '%yourValue1%' ) + ( yourColumnName like '%yourValue2%' ) + . . N desc;
Let us create a table −
mysql> create table demo2 −> ( −> id int not null auto_increment, −> name varchar(100), −> primary key(id) −> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.53 sec)
Insert some records into the table with the help of insert command −
mysql> insert into demo2(name) values('John'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into demo2(name) values('David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into demo2(name) values('John Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.10 sec) mysql> insert into demo2(name) values('John Doe'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec) mysql> insert into demo2(name) values('David Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into demo2(name) values('Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into demo2(name) values('Bob Doe'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
Display records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from demo2;
This will produce the following output −
+----+--------------+ | id | name | +----+--------------+ | 1 | John | | 2 | David | | 3 | John Smith | | 4 | John Doe | | 5 | David Miller | | 6 | Chris | | 7 | Bob Doe | +----+--------------+ 7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query for multiple LIKE operators −
mysql> select *from demo2 −> order by −> ( −> name like '%Doe%' −> ) −> + −> ( −> name like '%David%' −> ) desc;
This will produce the following output −
+----+--------------+ | id | name | +----+--------------+ | 2 | David | | 4 | John Doe | | 5 | David Miller | | 7 | Bob Doe | | 1 | John | | 3 | John Smith | | 6 | Chris | +----+--------------+ 7 rows in set (0.00 sec)