Hoe kan ik geselecteerde rijen als alternatief bestellen?

Probeer deze onderstaande query. Gebruik ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY ..) genereer een rang-/recordnummer voor elke 'which' items en sorteer op basis hiervan. (Ik hoop dat dit voor u werkt, ik heb geen tabelschema of voorbeeldgegevensscript om het zelf te proberen)

SELECT
  pr1.id AS user_id,
  pr1.title AS user_name,
  pr2.id AS liker_id,
  pr2.title AS liker_name,
  x.which AS which_table,
  x.cnt AS total
FROM 
(
  SELECT rid, rootid, which, COUNT(*) AS cnt
        ,ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION  BY which ORDER BY rid) AS new_order
  FROM
  (
    SELECT rid, rootid, 'vote' which FROM p_likes
    UNION ALL 
    SELECT rid, rootid, 'comment' which FROM p_comments
    UNION ALL 
    SELECT rid, rootid, 'friend' which FROM relations
  ) y
  WHERE y.rootid = 1246 AND y.rootid <> y.rid
  GROUP BY y.rid, y.rootid, y.which
) x
INNER JOIN pagesroot pr1 on x.rootid = pr1.id
INNER JOIN pagesroot pr2 on x.rid = pr2.id
ORDER BY new_order,x.cnt desc;