{"id":14384,"date":"2024-03-15T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-query-data-in-a-table-with-mysql-and-sort-it-in-descending-order\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T08:02:26","slug":"how-do-you-query-data-in-a-table-with-mysql-and-sort-it-in-descending-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-do-you-query-data-in-a-table-with-mysql-and-sort-it-in-descending-order\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL DESC Sort: Order Data Descending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In MySQL, you can use the SELECT statement to query data in a table, and use the ORDER BY clause to sort the results in descending order. Here is an example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-operator\">*<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \u8868\u540d <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ORDER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BY<\/span> \u5217\u540d <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DESC<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The table name refers to the name of the table you want to query, and the column name refers to the name of the column you want to sort. The DESC keyword is used to specify descending order. 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