ORDER BY date and time BEFORE GROUP BY name in mysql

Question

i have a table like this:

name    date         time
tom | 2011-07-04 | 01:09:52
tom | 2011-07-04 | 01:09:52
mad | 2011-07-04 | 02:10:53
mad | 2009-06-03 | 00         


        

Answer 1

Use a subselect:

select name, date, time
from mytable main
where date + time = (select min(date + time) from mytable where name = main.mytable)
order by date + time;