How to sort values in columns and update table?

Question

I\'m completely new to sql and can\'t do that myself. So I need your help. I want to sort values in column and then save changes. But I don\'t know how to do that.

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Answer 1

You would have to use a second table

1. create a new table games2 with the same structure as your games table, making sure the ID is auto-incrementing

   CREATE TABLE `games2` LIKE `games`;
   

2. copy the data, sorted, into games2

   INSERT INTO `games2` (`Name`, `SomeDescription`) SELECT `Name`, `SomeDescription` FROM `games` ORDER BY `Name`
   

3. drop or move the old table

   -- DROP TABLE `games`;
   -- or
   RENAME TABLE `games` TO `games1`;
   

4. rename new table to old name

   RENAME TABLE `games2` TO `games`;
   

These steps will result in what you want.