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Quick Reference
The ORDER BY keywords are used to sort the result set using a specified column in ascending (A – Z) order or descending (Z – A) order. Ascending order is the default.
The following selects all columns from the Customers table and sorts them by the customer_name column in ascending order, which is the default.
SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY customer_name;
The following selects all columns from the Customers table and sorts them by the customer_name column in ascending order.
SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY customer_name ASC;
The following selects all columns from the Customers table and sorts them by the customer_name column in descending order.
SELECT * FROM Customers
ORDER BY customer_name DESC;
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