{"id":27506,"date":"2024-03-16T08:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T08:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-sorting-rule-in-sql\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:12:09","slug":"what-is-the-sorting-rule-in-sql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-sorting-rule-in-sql\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the sorting rule in SQL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The sorting rules in SQL involve arranging query results based on specified sorting conditions. To specify the sorting rules, SQL uses the ORDER BY clause. The sorting can be done based on the values of one or multiple columns, and can be sorted in ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC) order.<\/p>\n<p>By default, sorting is done in ascending order. For example, for a column of numbers, it is sorted from smallest to largest. 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