change the mysql order of the result with union - mysql

Question

So i get 10 results from my first select and 1 from the other one after union like this:
(SELECT a.*,
b.*
FROM all a,
names b
WHERE b.name_id = a.name_id
ORDER BY name_id DESC
LIMIT 10)
UNION
(SELECT a.*,
b.*
FROM all a,
names b
WHERE b.name_id = a.name_id
ORDER BY request_id ASC
LIMIT 1)
i would like to get the result of the second select as the second last result like this
********
name_id 100
name_id 99
name_id 98
name_id 97
name_id 96
name_id 95
name_id 94
name_id 93
name_id 92
name_id 1 <- second select result as second last result
name_id 91
********
Can someone help pls?

Answer 1

Synthesize a row number column for the query as it stands and shuffle positions as needed.
SELECT x.name
, x.name_id
FROM (
SELECT #rownum:=#rownum + 1 as row_number,
t.name,
t.name_id
FROM (
-- original query from the question starts here
(SELECT b.name,
a.name_id
FROM allx a,
names b
WHERE b.name_id = a.name_id
ORDER BY name_id DESC
LIMIT 10)
UNION
(SELECT b.name,
a.name_id
FROM allx a,
names b
WHERE b.name_id = a.name_id
ORDER BY request_id ASC
LIMIT 1)
) t,
(SELECT #rownum := 0) r
) x
ORDER BY CASE row_number
WHEN 10 THEN 11
WHEN 11 THEN 10
ELSE row_number
END
;
(Note that the query has been sightly modified to avoid syntax errors / support the demo: table all has been named allx, explicit projections of the union's subqueries).
That gets complicated quickly thus next to ad hoc reporting it is preferable to synthesize an attribute in the subqueries of the union that reflects a global order.
Demo here (SQL fiddle)
Credits
Row number synthesizing taken from this SO answer

Answer 2

Interesting question given
+----+--------+
| id | sname |
+----+--------+
| 1 | sname1 |
| 2 | sname2 |
| 3 | sname3 |
| 4 | sname4 |
| 5 | sname5 |
| 6 | sname6 |
+----+--------+
6 rows in set (0.001 sec)
(select id,sname,#r:=#r+1 rn
from users
cross join(select #r:=0) r
order by sname desc limit 3
)
union
(
select u.id,u.sname,
#r:=#r - .9
from users u
left join (select id from users order by sname desc limit 3) u1 on u1.id = u.id
where u1.id is null
order by u.id asc limit 0,1
)
order by rn;
Where a variable is used to calculate a row number in the first sub query, since this variable is not reset in the second query a simple piece of arithmetic works out where to position the second sub query result. Note the second sub query uses a left join to check that the result has not already appeared in the first sub query,

Answer 3

I would suggest union all and three selects:
SELECT an.*
FROM ((SELECT a.*, n.*, 1 as ord
FROM all a JOIN
names n
ON n.name_id = a.name_id
ORDER BY n.name_id DESC
LIMIT 9
) UNION ALL
(SELECT a.*, n.*, 3 as ord
FROM all a JOIN
names n
ON n.name_id = a.name_id
ORDER BY n.name_id DESC
LIMIT 9 OFFSET 9
) UNION ALL
(SELECT a.*, b.*
FROM all a JOIN
names n
WHERE n.name_id = a.name_id
ORDER BY request_id ASC
LIMIT 1
)
) an
ORDER BY ord, name_id;