mysql order by descending code example

Example 1: mysql order

SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name(s) ASC|DESC

Example 2: MySQL ORDER BY

SELECT 
   select_list
FROM 
   table_name
ORDER BY 
   column1 [ASC|DESC], 
   column2 [ASC|DESC],
   ...;

Example 3: mysql order by

To get the sorted result from MySQL select statement we use order by clause with SELECT statement.

Syntax:
SELECT column_list FROM tablename ORDER BY column_name1 [ASC][DESC],column_name2 [ASC][DESC],...

Example 4: mysql sort descending

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 5: condition in orderby mysql

SELECT orders.status, orders.created_at
FROM `orders`
ORDER BY
  status='new' DESC,
  status='processing' DESC,
  CASE WHEN status IN ('new', 'processing') THEN created_at END ASC,
  CASE WHEN status NOT IN ('new', 'processing') THEN created_at END DESC