The best way is: SELECT person_name, count(*) FROM table_name GROUP BY person_name ORDER BY 2 DESC
----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brian Dunning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Best way to sort? > SELECT DISTINCT person_name, count(*) > FROM table_name > GROUP BY person_name > ORDER BY 2 DESC > > > I'm not sure if this is a complex SQL query or a PHP array sorting > > thing, but what's the best way to take this data: > > > > Tom > > Greg > > Brian > > Tom > > Brian > > Tom > > > > And return the following results, sorted by number of records: > > > > Tom - 3 > > Brian - 2 > > Greg - 1 > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
