Syntax error Sort data column to retrieve max textual value in MySQL

Sort data column to retrieve max textual value in MySQL



For this, you can use ORDER BY along with some aggregate function right(). Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1487
   -> (
   -> StudentCode text
   -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.91 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1487 values('560');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.36 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1487 values('789');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1487 values('STUDENT78');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1487 values('John89');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.16 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1487 values('Carol101');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable1487 values('STUDENT98');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1487;

This will produce the following output −

+-------------+
| StudentCode |
+-------------+
| 560         |
| 789         |
| STUDENT78   |
| John89      |
| Carol101    |
| STUDENT98   |
+-------------+
6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to sort data column to retrieve maximum textual value −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1487 where StudentCode LIKE 'STUDENT%'
   -> order by cast(right(StudentCode,length(StudentCode)-length('STUDENT')) as UNSIGNED) desc
   -> limit 1;

This will produce the following output −

+-------------+
| StudentCode |
+-------------+
| STUDENT98   |
+-------------+
1 row in set (0.04 sec)
Updated on: 2019-12-11T05:08:26+05:30

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