The MS SQL Server ORDER BY clause is used to sort the data in ascending or descending order, based on one or more columns. Some database sort query results in ascending order by default.
Syntax
Following is the basic syntax of the ORDER BY clause.
SELECT column-list
FROM table_name
[WHERE condition]
[ORDER BY column1, column2, .. columnN] [ASC | DESC];
You can use more than one column in the ORDER BY clause. Make sure whatever column you are using to sort, that column should be in column-list.
Example
Consider the CUSTOMERS table having the following records −
ID NAME AGE ADDRESS SALARY
1 Ramesh 32 Ahmedabad 2000.00
2 Khilan 25 Delhi 1500.00
3 kaushik 23 Kota 2000.00
4 Chaitali 25 Mumbai 6500.00
5 Hardik 27 Bhopal 8500.00
6 Komal 22 MP 4500.00
7 Muffy 24 Indore 10000.00
The following command is an example, which would sort the result in ascending order by NAME and SALARY.
SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS
ORDER BY NAME, SALARY
The above command will produce the following output.
ID NAME AGE ADDRESS SALARY
4 Chaitali 25 Mumbai 6500.00
5 Hardik 27 Bhopal 8500.00
3 kaushik 23 Kota 2000.00
2 Khilan 25 Delhi 1500.00
6 Komal 22 MP 4500.00
7 Muffy 24 Indore 10000.00
1 Ramesh 32 Ahmedabad 2000.00
The following command is an example, which would sort the result in descending order by NAME.
SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS
ORDER BY NAME DESC
The above command will produce the following result −
ID NAME AGE ADDRESS SALARY
1 Ramesh 32 Ahmedabad 2000.00
7 Muffy 24 Indore 10000.00
6 Komal 22 MP 4500.00
2 Khilan 25 Delhi 1500.00
3 kaushik 23 Kota 2000.00
5 Hardik 27 Bhopal 8500.00
4 Chaitali 25 Mumbai 6500.00
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