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
> >
>
>
>

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