MySQL – How to Order Query by Specific Letter Using ORDER BY

MySQLorder-byselect

What I'd like to do is order my query so that the results show every row found, but are ordered by showing results that begin with the letter 'D' first. Is this something that is possible to do with ORDER BY? I know I can use WHERE field LIKE 'D%', but I'd like all the results not just those with D.

My query currently looks as follows:

SELECT pname, pdescription, price FROM products WHERE manufacturer = 3 ORDER BY pname ASC

Best Answer

Have a look at below example

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS products;

create table products(pname CHAR(30),pdescription CHAR(30),price DECIMAL(10,2),manufacturer CHAR(30));

INSERT INTO products VALUES
    ('Toys','These are toys',15.25,'ABC'),
    ('Dolls','These are Dolls',35.25,'PQR'),
    ('DustPan','These are DustPan',75.25,'AZD'),
    ('Doors','These are Doors',175.25,'RAZD'),
    ('TV','These are TV',11175.25,'RAZD'),
    ('Bed','These are Bed',1175.25,'ARAZD');

/** Check all data **/

SELECT * FROM products;
+---------+-------------------+----------+--------------+
| pname   | pdescription      | price    | manufacturer |
+---------+-------------------+----------+--------------+
| Toys    | These are toys    |    15.25 | ABC          |
| Dolls   | These are Dolls   |    35.25 | PQR          |
| DustPan | These are DustPan |    75.25 | AZD          |
| Doors   | These are Doors   |   175.25 | RAZD         |
| TV      | These are TV      | 11175.25 | RAZD         |
| Bed     | These are Bed     |  1175.25 | ARAZD        |
+---------+-------------------+----------+--------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

/** Order by D% **/
SELECT 
        pname, pdescription, price
    FROM
        products
    ORDER BY 
    CASE
        WHEN pname LIKE 'D%' THEN 1
        ELSE 2
    END;
+---------+-------------------+----------+
| pname   | pdescription      | price    |
+---------+-------------------+----------+
| Dolls   | These are Dolls   |    35.25 |
| DustPan | These are DustPan |    75.25 |
| Doors   | These are Doors   |   175.25 |
| Toys    | These are toys    |    15.25 |
| TV      | These are TV      | 11175.25 |
| Bed     | These are Bed     |  1175.25 |
+---------+-------------------+----------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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