mysql - How to sort results order by timestamp except one of them?

Question

I have a table like this:

// Mytable
+----+--------------------+------+------------------+-----------+
| Id |  QuestionOrAnswer  | Type | AcceptedAnswerId | timestamp |
+----+--------------------+------+------------------+-----------+
| 1  | question1          | 0    | 3                | 1         |
| 2  | answer1            | 1    | NULL             | 2         |
| 3  | answer2            | 1    | NULL             | 3         | -- accepted answer
| 4  | answer3            | 1    | NULL             | 4         |
+----+--------------------+------+------------------+-----------+

Now I want this result: (please focus on the order)

+----+--------------------+------+------------------+-----------+
| Id |  QuestionOrAnswer  | Type | AcceptedAnswerId | timestamp |
+----+--------------------+------+------------------+-----------+
| 1  | question1          | 0    | 3                | 1         |
| 3  | answer2            | 1    | NULL             | 3         | -- accepted answer 
| 2  | answer1            | 1    | NULL             | 2         |
| 4  | answer3            | 1    | NULL             | 4         |
+----+--------------------+------+------------------+-----------+
//                          ^ 0 means question and 1 means answer

Well how can I do that? (I want something exactly like SO sorting)

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Here is my try:

SELECT * FROM Mytable WHERE 1 ORDER BY Type, {I need to add something here}, timestamp

Answer 1

You need to join the table to itself to determine which row is the accepted answer. Then the information can be used in the ORDER BY:

SELECT t.*
FROM Mytable t LEFT JOIN
     Mytable tans
     ON t.id = tans.AcceptedAnswerId
ORDER BY t.Type,
         (tans.id IS NOT NULL) DESC,
         t.timestamp