Order by varchar mysql Is there anyother alternative for order by varchar clause? At worst case consider I want to order by varchar column that is not indexed. When I tested a query with loads of data it took many times to execute. It is obvious that it will take much time. But is there any other alternative approach for this without indexing that column?
Nope. If you order by a not indexed column then the server HAS to load all the results into memory and can only then start sorting them. That is heavy - not sure how mySql does it, but on SqlServer that will also tax the tempdb for the temporary holding of the data. If it is a lot of data that may be super slow due to memory flowing over onto the hard disc.

Physics and logic can not be cheated, sadly.