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How to sort MySQL query records from big to small numbers

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I'm trying to sort my records from big to small numbers, here are my example records:

id   name   view   like
1   name1    5      1
2   name2    2      4
3   name3    41     3
4   name4    6      31
5   name5    1      2

For example, I want the order the records like this (i.e. ordered by the field named like):

id   name   view   like
4   name4    6      31
2   name2    2      4
3   name3    41     3
5   name5    1      2
1   name1    5      1

I tried this query...

SELECT * FROM tablename ORDER BY like DESC

...but the query result is like this now:

id   name   view   like
2   name2    2      4
3   name3    41     3
4   name4    6      31
5   name5    1      2
1   name1    5      1

So, what is the correct query for what I want?

Best How To :

Looks like you are storing the numerical value of like in a string format; either CHAR or VARCHAR. This will result in the alphabetical style ordering that you can see (imagine 1 as A, 2 as B, etc.. and then order the results as words).

Change the datatype of the column to a numerical format like INT and the query should behave as expected.

If you cannot change the datatype of the column then I would suggest casting it in the query:

SELECT * FROM tablename ORDER BY CAST(`like` AS UNSIGNED) DESC

or 

SELECT * FROM tablename ORDER BY CAST(`like` AS SIGNED) DESC

if like can be negative.

I find this more readable and controlled than +0, but Abhik beat me to it :)

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