Hi Marek, Thanks for replying. If I do that I get the companies neatly but the not sorted according to the $TheOrder...:-(
Yep, am checkign user inputs. Cheers, -Ryan > I hope you check all user inputs for validity. Your order clause should > be "order by custno, $TheOrder". > > Ryan A wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a search form that queries the database and returns results in this > > order: > > > > company name1 > > 1plan 1 > > 1plan 2 > > etc > > > > company name2 > > 2plan 1 > > 2plan 2 > > etc > > > > company name3 > > 3plan 1 > > 3plan 2 > > etc > > > > etc etc > > > > This is my sql: > > > > $sqlle = "select * from $table_namee where price <=$max and spacee >=$min > > order by custno,price LIMIT $limitvalue1, $limit"; > > > > > > > > So far no problems at all, now I want to add an option so that the visitor > > has more control of the results...right now its sorting by $price, I have > > made a drop down menu where the visitor can sort on 7 differient fields, > > this is my sql: > > > > (I have added $TheOrder so it can change according to what was selected. > > (Eg. Price, name, company, website etc) > > > > $sqlle = "select * from $table_namee where price <=$max and spacee >=$min > > order by $TheOrder, custno LIMIT $limitvalue1, $limit"; > > > > This is screwing up my results totally, its giving me something like: > > > > company name1 > > 1plan 1 > > > > company name2 > > 2plan 1 > > > > company name1 > > 1plan 2 > > > > company name3 > > 3plan 2 > > > > company name2 > > 2plan 2 > > > > etc > > > > How can i offer the above and still get my results neatly done (like before) > > by company/custno? > > > > Any ideas? Any help appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > -Ryan > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php