order by two columns mysql code example

Example 1: mysql 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 2: 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 3: ascending order mysql

SELECT 
   column_name1, column_name2, column_name3
FROM 
   table_name
ORDER BY 
   column_name1 [ASC|DESC], 
   column_name2 [ASC|DESC],
   ...;