Order By Clause in SQL

Order by clause is used with Select statement for arranging retrieved data in sorted order. The Order by clause by default sort data in ascending order. To sort data in descending order DESC keyword is used with Order by clause.

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Syntax of Order By

SELECT column-list|* from table-name order by asc|desc;

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Example using Order by

Consider the following Emp table,

eid	name	age	salary
401	Anu	22	9000
402	Shane	29	8000
403	Rohan	34	6000
404	Scott	44	10000
405	Tiger	35	8000

SELECT * from Emp order by salary; 

The above query will return result in ascending order of the salary.

eid	name	age	salary
403	Rohan	34	6000
402	Shane	29	8000
405	Tiger	35	8000
401	Anu	22	9000
404	Scott	44	10000

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Example of Order by DESC

Consider the Emp table described above,

SELECT * from Emp order by salary DESC;

The above query will return result in descending order of the salary.

eid	name	age	salary
404	Scott	44	10000
401	Anu	22	9000
405	Tiger	35	8000
402	Shane	29	8000
403	Rohan	34	6000