mysql order by with union doesn't seem to work

Question

Here is my query

(SELECT * FROM `jokes` WHERE `flags` < 5 AND (`title` LIKE \"%only three doors%\" OR `joke` LIKE \"%only three doors%\") ORDER BY `ups`          


        

Answer 1

You should be able to use UNION ALL to remove duplicate removal (and also complete result set sorting). Using that the result set should be in the order of the select statements in the query.