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

I got solution for this:

SELECT *
FROM (
    (SELECT 1 as SortRank, uid, title, state, zip, region,cantone FROM company WHERE city=".$city." AND region=".$region." AND cantone=".$cantone.")
     UNION
    (SELECT 2 as SortRank, uid, title, state, zip, region,cantone FROM company WHERE region=".$region." AND cantone=".$cantone.")
    union all
    (SELECT 3 as SortRank, uid, title, state, zip, region,cantone FROM company WHERE cantone=".$cantone.")
) As u
GROUP BY uid 
ORDER BY SortRank,state=2, title ASC
LIMIT 0,10

In above query i want result eg. first show all records with city, region and cantone then if city not available then show all records with region and cantone and then all records with cantone of city. So, removing repeating records i used GROUP BY clause, it will sort all records based on query group then all records with state=2.