ORDER BY Keyword
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The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set by one or more columns.The ORDER BY keyword sorts the records in ascending order by default. To sort the records in a descending order, you can use the DESC keyword.
eg.SQL ORDER BY Syntax
SELECT column_name,column_name
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name,column_name ASC|DESC;CustomerID CustomerName ContactName Address City PostalCode Country 1 Alfreds Futterkiste Maria Anders Obere Str. 57 Berlin 12209 Germany 2 Ana Trujillo Emparedados y helados Ana Trujillo Avda. de la Constitución 2222 México D.F. 05021 Mexico 3 Antonio Moreno Taquería Antonio Moreno Mataderos 2312 México D.F. 05023 Mexico 4 Around the Horn Thomas Hardy 120 Hanover Sq. London WA1 1DP UK 5 Berglunds snabbköp Christina Berglund Berguvsvägen 8 Luleå S-958 22 Sweden ORDER BY Example:SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY Country;ORDER BY Several Columns
SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY Country,CustomerName; -