mysql IF EXISTS - php

Question

I have this table
UMS
id_attribute value order
1 MB 1
1 Gb 2
1 TB 3
...
and this table
ATTRIBUTE_VALUE
id id_attribute value name ums
1 1 50 hdd GB
2 1 100 hdd TB
3 2 15.00 price NULL
and i want to select from ATTRIBUTE_VALUE where id_attribute=1 and if exist (UMS.value=ATTRIBUTE_VALUE.ums) then order by UMS.order end if group by ATTRIBUTE_VALUE.value
example for output :
50 GB
100 Tb
and must to appear
15.00 !!! here is the problem because in my UMS table i don't have UMS for price
but it doesn't appear

Answer 1

Update after you clarified your question - Try something like this:
SELECT T1.*
FROM ATTRIBUTE_VALUE T1
LEFT JOIN UMS T2
ON T1.id_attribute = T2.id_attribute AND T1.ums = T2.value
ORDER BY T2.order, T1.value
But note that this will fail if T1.value is greater than 1000. It might be better to convert all units to the same type before ordering them.
Result of query:
id id_attribute value name ums
3 2 15.00 price
1 1 50 hdd GB
2 1 100 hdd TB

Answer 2

You can make a conditional order by in mysql, like this, for example:
user
id name
select *
from user
order by (case when id <5 then id else name end)
However, you've got two tables, you need yo join them, I'm still not sure if you can get what you need this way.
Also, you can't order with DESC on one branch and ASC on another.

Answer 3

Finlay I have get my own answer:
this is the code:
$nr_ordine=0;
$virgula="";
$ordine="valoare";
$ordine2="FIELD(unitate_masura,";
$sql_ums=mysql_query("select * from atribute_masura where id_atribut='".$exe_atribut['id']."' order by ordine asc");
while($exe_ums=mysql_fetch_array($sql_ums))
{
$nr_ordine++;
if($nr_ordine>1)
{
$virgula=",";
};
$ordine2.=$virgula."'".$exe_ums['valoare']."'";
};
$ordine2.=")";
if($ordine2!="FIELD(unitate_masura,)")
{
$ordine=$ordine2;
};
$s_q0=mysql_query("select * from atribute_cautare where id_atribut='".$exe_atribut['id']."' group by valoare order by $ordine asc") or die (mysql_error());
while($s_q=mysql_fetch_array($s_q0))
{
...
};
The names not correspond with my question but this is the idea order by FIELD (ums,'kb','mb','gb','tb')