Sort a MySQL table column value by part of its value?

You can use ORDER BY RIGHT() for this. Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable    (    UserId varchar(100)    ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.33 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User1234'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.07 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User9874'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User9994'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.04 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User1211'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.20 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('User1012'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.79 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

This will produce the following output -

+----------+ | UserId | +----------+ | User1234 | | User9874 | | User9994 | | User1211 | | User1012 | +----------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Case 1 − If you want the result in ascending order.

Following is the query to sort a MySQL table column value by part of its value.

mysql> select *from DemoTable ORDER BY RIGHT(UserId, 4);

This will produce the following output −

+----------+ | UserId | +----------+ | User1012 | | User1211 | | User1234 | | User9874 | | User9994 | +----------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Case 2 − If you want the result in descending order.

Following is the query to sort a MySQL table column value by part of its value -

mysql> select *from DemoTable ORDER BY RIGHT(UserId, 4) DESC;

This will produce the following output −

+----------+ | UserId | +----------+ | User9994 | | User9874 | | User1234 | | User1211 | | User1012 | +----------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)