There is no limit to the number of columns in the ORDER BY clause; however, the total size of the columns specified in an ORDER BY clause cannot exceed 8,060 bytes. Columns of type ntext, text, image, geography, geometry, and xml cannot be used in an ORDER BY clause.
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In the dialog box, choose how you’d like to sort the table and click OK. 1  Under Sort by, choose the name of the column you want to sort the table by. 2  Next to Type, choose if you’d like to sort according to Text, Number, or a Date. 3  Click next to Ascending or Descending to choose a sort order.
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When you use the SELECT statement to query data from a table, the result set is not sorted in any orders. To sort the result set, you use the ORDER BY clause. Sort a result set by a single column or multiple columns. Sort a result set by different columns in ascending or descending order.
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[WHERE condition] ORDER BY column_name [ASC, DESC]; The [ ] means that the WHERE statement is optional. However, if a WHERE clause exists, it comes before the ORDER BY clause. ASC means that the results will be shown in ascending order, and DESC means that the results will be shown in descending order. If neither is specified, the default is ASC. It is possible to order by more than one column. In this case, the ORDER BY clause above becomes.
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To sort the contents of a table, first click inside the table to show Table Tools in the ribbon and then click Layout > Sort. You’ll see the Sort dialog box. In the dialog box, choose how you’d like to sort the table and click OK. Under Sort by, choose the name of the column you want to sort the table by. Next to Type, choose if you’d like to sort according to Text, Number, or a Date. Click next to Ascending or Descending to choose a sort order.
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If you use the SELECT statement to query data from a table, the order of rows in the result set is unspecified. The ORDER BY clause comes after the FROM clause. The ORDER BY clause allows you to sort the result set based on one or more columns in different orders: ascending and descending. You put the column name that you want to use to sort after the ORDER BY clause followed by the ASC or DESC keyword.
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When you use the SELECT statement to query data from a table, the result set is not sorted in any orders. To sort the result set, you use the ORDER BY clause. The ORDER BY clause allows you to: Sort a result set by a single column or multiple columns. Sort a result set by different columns in ascending or descending order.
http://www.mysqltutorial.org/mysql-order-by
Sorts data returned by a query in SQL Server 2012. Order the result set of a query by the specified column list and, optionally, limit the rows returned to a specified range. The order in which rows are returned in a result set are not guaranteed unless an ORDER BY clause is specified.
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The SQL ORDER BY Keyword. The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set in ascending or descending order. The ORDER BY keyword sorts the records in ascending order by default. To sort the records in descending order, use the DESC keyword. SELECT column1, column2, ...
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Sorts data returned by a query in SQL Server 2012. Use this clause to: Order the result set of a query by the specified column list and, optionally, limit the rows returned to a specified range. The order in which rows are returned in a result set are not guaranteed unless an ORDER BY clause is specified.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188385(v=sql.110).aspx
which clause allows you to sort column data in ascending or descending order?
Order By is the clause that allows you to sort column data in ascending or descending order. Order By is the clause which allows you to sort column data in ascending or descending order.