The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set in ascending or descending order.
The ORDER BY keyword sorts the records in ascending order by default. To sort the records in descending order, use the DESC keyword.
The following SQL statement selects all customers from the "Customers" table, sorted DESCENDING by the "Country" column:
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The following SQL statement selects all customers from the "Customers" table, sorted by the "Country" and the "CustomerName" column:
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The following SQL statement selects all customers from the "Customers" table, sorted ascending by the "Country" and descending by the "CustomerName" column:
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