ORDER BY

ORDER BY is a SQL clause in the SELECT Queries category. Sorts the result set by one or more columns in ascending (default) or descending order. The syntax is SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY column1 [ASC|DESC], column2 [ASC|DESC];. It returns sorted result set. A typical example: SELECT * FROM employees ORDER BY salary DESC, last_name ASC; -- Highest salary first, then alphabetically A close relative is SELECT, which retrieves data from a table. The most fundamental SQL statement. A close relative is SELECT *, which selects all columns from a table. A close relative is SELECT DISTINCT, which returns only distinct (unique) values from the specified columns. More about this category: Core SELECT query clauses — SELECT, FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY, HAVING, ORDER BY, LIMIT. Related SELECT Queries entries: SELECT, SELECT *, SELECT DISTINCT, WHERE, AND / OR / NOT, IN, BETWEEN, LIKE.