The ORDER BY Keyword
The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set by a specified column.The ORDER BY keyword sort the records in ascending order by default.
If you want to sort the records in a descending order, you can use the DESC keyword.
SQL ORDER BY Syntax
SELECT column_name(s)
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name(s) ASC|DESC
FROM table_name
ORDER BY column_name(s) ASC|DESC
ORDER BY Example
The "Persons" table:P_Id | LastName | FirstName | Address | City |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hansen | Ola | Timoteivn 10 | Sandnes |
2 | Svendson | Tove | Borgvn 23 | Sandnes |
3 | Pettersen | Kari | Storgt 20 | Stavanger |
4 | Nilsen | Tom | Vingvn 23 | Stavanger |
We use the following SELECT statement:
SELECT * FROM Persons
ORDER BY LastName
ORDER BY LastName
P_Id | LastName | FirstName | Address | City |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hansen | Ola | Timoteivn 10 | Sandnes |
4 | Nilsen | Tom | Vingvn 23 | Stavanger |
3 | Pettersen | Kari | Storgt 20 | Stavanger |
2 | Svendson | Tove | Borgvn 23 | Sandnes |