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possible to use output of a SELECT-query for ordering?
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Works for me.

```
sqlite> create table x(x);
sqlite> insert into x select value from wholenumber where value between 1 and 10;
sqlite> create table y(x,y);
sqlite> insert into y select value, RandomV(10) from wholenumber where value between 1 and 10;
sqlite> select * from x;
┌────┐
│ x  │
├────┤
│ 1  │
│ 2  │
│ 3  │
│ 4  │
│ 5  │
│ 6  │
│ 7  │
│ 8  │
│ 9  │
│ 10 │
└────┘
sqlite> select * from y;
┌────┬───┐
│ x  │ y │
├────┼───┤
│ 1  │ 1 │
│ 2  │ 9 │
│ 3  │ 0 │
│ 4  │ 0 │
│ 5  │ 3 │
│ 6  │ 9 │
│ 7  │ 9 │
│ 8  │ 0 │
│ 9  │ 5 │
│ 10 │ 6 │
└────┴───┘
sqlite> select x from (select x, (select y from y where x.x == y.x) from x order by 2);
┌────┐
│ x  │
├────┤
│ 3  │
│ 4  │
│ 8  │
│ 1  │
│ 5  │
│ 9  │
│ 10 │
│ 2  │
│ 6  │
│ 7  │
└────┘
sqlite> select x from x order by (select y from y where y.x == x.x);
┌────┐
│ x  │
├────┤
│ 3  │
│ 4  │
│ 8  │
│ 1  │
│ 5  │
│ 9  │
│ 10 │
│ 2  │
│ 6  │
│ 7  │
└────┘
sqlite> select x.x from x join y on x.x == y.x order by y.y;
┌────┐
│ x  │
├────┤
│ 3  │
│ 4  │
│ 8  │
│ 1  │
│ 5  │
│ 9  │
│ 10 │
│ 2  │
│ 6  │
│ 7  │
└────┘
sqlite>
```

NB:  wholenumber is the wholenumber virtual table add-in  
NBB: RandomV is a custom add-in that returns a random integer

Edited to add a join candidate sort