{"id":8897,"date":"2024-03-14T08:48:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-oracle-sort-records-by-fields\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T10:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T10:59:48","slug":"how-does-oracle-sort-records-by-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-does-oracle-sort-records-by-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle ORDER BY: Sorting Records Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Oracle, the ORDER BY clause can be used to sort the query results by fields. This clause can specify one or more fields at the end of the SELECT statement to indicate which field to sort by. For 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> table_name <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ORDER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">BY<\/span> column_name;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This statement will sort the query results based on the specified column_name. You can use the keywords ASC (for ascending) or DESC (for descending) to specify the sort order, with the default being ascending order. 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