YET ANOTHER PROBLEM (a)

Sorry lol.

OK I want to show rows in order of a certain row. E.G

PHP Code:

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<?
                            $query = " SELECT *
FROM `mytable`
ORDER BY `mytable`.`number` ASC
LIMIT 0 , 70  ";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die (mysql_error()."<br />Couldn't execute query: $query"); 
$numrows = mysql_num_rows($result);

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But it doesnt show the rows in order of the colum with 'number' that has the largest?

Help? Thanks.