SQL ORDER BY Guide: Sort Data Easily

2 years ago
Emily Johnson
1 minute

To rearrange the order of the list, you can use the ORDER BY clause to sort the result set. The specific steps are as follows:

  1. To sort in ascending order based on a certain column’s value, you can use the following statement:
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name ASC;
  1. To sort by a specific column in descending order, you can use the following statement:
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name DESC;
  1. If you want to sort by values of multiple columns, you can use multiple column names separated by commas.
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name1 ASC, column_name2 DESC;
  1. To use custom rules for sorting, you can utilize a CASE statement.
SELECT * FROM table_name 
ORDER BY 
  CASE 
    WHEN column_name = 'value1' THEN 1 
    WHEN column_name = 'value2' THEN 2 
    ELSE 3 
  END;

With the above method, the list can be flexibly adjusted for sorting as needed.

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