how to order by multiple columns in sql code example
Example 1: order by with more than one column
The following shows that you can perform order by with more
than one column.
'ASC' denotes ascending sort order, but is optional as it is the default sort order.
'DESC' denotes descending sort order
SELECT Id, CompanyName, City, Country
FROM Supplier
WHERE Country IN ('USA', 'Japan', 'Germany')
ORDER BY Country ASC, CompanyName DESC
Example 2: sql order by multiple columns
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY col1 ASC; -- ASCending is default
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY col1 DESC; -- DESCending
SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY col1 DESC, col2 ASC; -- col1 DESC then col2 ASC
Example 3: sort order on two columns sql
Sort by multiple column : ORDER BY column1 DESC, column2
Example 4: sql order by two columns
ORDER BY column1 DESC, column2