G'day jdlev,

"I literally don't have the slightest idea where to begin on this one."

Given the lack of information, nor do I, really.

Have you written code to get data from the database? What does this data look like? What data structure have you used?

How does "rank" differ from "order" in this context? If you hadn't written "I don't want to order", I would have suggested sort. Perhaps that is what you want.

Have a look at the guidelines in "How do I post a question effectively?". This should provide you with a better idea of what you need to post in order to help us to help you.

-- Ken

In reply to Re: Ranking MySQL Entries? by kcott
in thread Ranking MySQL Entries? by jdlev

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