Way to try multiple SELECTs till a result is available?

Question

What if I want to search for a single row in a table with a decrementing precision, e.g. like this:

SELECT * FROM image WHERE name LIKE \'text\' AND group_id         


        

Answer 1

SELECT *, 
CASE WHEN name like 'text' AND group_id = 10 THEN 1
WHEN name like 'text' THEN 2
WHEN group_id = 10 THEN 3
ELSE 4
END ImageRank
FROM image
WHERE ImageRank <> 4
ORDER BY ImageRank ASC
LIMIT 1

This would be a pseudo-solution approach but I'm not entirely sure if the syntax in your scenario would allow for it