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SELECT 
				der.*,
				COUNT(sub_categories.cat_id) AS sub_count
			FROM (
				(
					SELECT 
						cat_id AS id, 
						category_name AS name,
						parent_id,
						category_name AS sort
					FROM news_categories
					WHERE
						parent_id IS NULL
				) UNION (
					 SELECT 
						c.cat_id AS id, 
						c.category_name AS name,
						c.parent_id,
						CONCAT(p.category_name, "_", c.category_name) AS sort
					FROM news_categories AS c
					INNER JOIN news_categories AS p ON (c.parent_id = p.cat_id)
				)
			) AS der
			LEFT JOIN news_categories AS sub_categories ON (sub_categories.parent_id=der.id)
			GROUP BY der.id
			ORDER BY sort