SQL Order By
The SQL ORDER BY is used to sort the records of a select query.
Order By syntax
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name ASC | DESC;
Order By example
Coder books table
| ID | Title | Price | Description |
|---|
| 1 | Learn SQL | 20 | Learn SQL language |
| 2 | Learn MySQL | 22 | Learn MySQL language |
| 3 | HTML book | 17 | Learn HTML |
| 4 | Learn PHP | 20 | Introduction to PHP |
| 5 | Learn PHP | 20 | PHP course |
select * from coder_books order by price asc;
Result
| ID | Title | Price | Description |
|---|
| 3 | HTML book | 17 | Learn HTML |
| 4 | Learn PHP | 20 | Introduction to PHP |
| 5 | Learn PHP | 20 | PHP course |
| 1 | Learn SQL | 20 | Learn SQL language |
| 2 | Learn MySQL | 22 | Learn MySQL language |
select * from coder_books where price=20 order by id desc;
Result
| ID | Title | Price | Description |
|---|
| 5 | Learn PHP | 20 | PHP course |
| 4 | Learn PHP | 20 | Introduction to PHP |
| 1 | Learn SQL | 20 | Learn SQL language |