MySQL get rows but prefer one column value over another

Question

A bit of a strange one, I want to write a MySQL query that will get results from a table, but prefer one value of a column over another, ie

id   name    value            


        

Answer 1

You need to redesign your table first.

It should be:

YourTable (Id, Name, Value)
YourTablePriority (PriorityId, Priority, Id)

Update:

select * from YourTable a 
where a.Id not in 
   (select b.Id from YourTablePriority b)

This should work in sql server, you may need a little change to make it work in mysql.