Codeigniter : Error in ORDER BY CASE query

Question

Here is my query in Codeigniter

$this->db->select(\'p.*,u.firstname, u.lastname,s.title AS industry, pt.type_name , al.length_value\',         


        

Answer 1

The CodeIgniter documentation indicates case statements within the order by clause isn't supported within the Active Record class. I'd recommend refactoring the SQL call so that the case statement is part of the select clause. Something like the following should do the trick.

$this->db->select("p.*,u.firstname, u.lastname,s.title AS industry, pt.type_name, al.length_value, CASE p.submit_to WHEN 'writer' THEN 2 WHEN 'students' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END AS ordered_submit_to",FALSE);
$this->db->from($this->_tbl_projects . ' as p');
$this->db->join($this->_tbl_client_details . ' as c', 'c.id = p.client_id', 'left');
$this->db->join($this->_tbl_users . ' as u', 'u.id = c.user_id', 'left');
$this->db->join($this->_tbl_project_types . ' as pt', 'pt.project_type_id = p.project_type_id', 'left');
$this->db->join($this->_tbl_specializations . ' as s', 's.specialization_id = p.specialization_id', 'left');
$this->db->join($this->_tbl_article_length . ' as al', 'al.article_length_id = p.article_length_id', 'left');
$this->db->order_by('ordered_submit_to', 'ASC');
$this->db->order_by('p.request_end_date', 'ASC');