SQL Order By Count

Question

If I have a table and data like this:

ID |  Name  |  Group   

1    Apple     A    

2    Boy       A

3    Cat       B

4    Dog       C

5    Elep      C

         


        

Answer 1

...none of the other answers seem to do what the asker asked.

For table named 'things' with column 'group':

SELECT
  things.*, counter.count
FROM
  things
LEFT JOIN (
  SELECT
    things.group, count(things.group) as count
  FROM
    things
  GROUP BY
    things.group
) counter ON counter.group = things.group
ORDER BY
  counter.count ASC;

which gives:

id | name  | group | count 
---------------------------
3  | Cat   | B     | 1
1  | Apple | A     | 2
2  | Boy   | A     | 2
4  | Dog   | C     | 3
5  | Elep  | C     | 3
6  | Fish  | C     | 3