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Columns specified by positions or by aliases can be sorted in either ascending or descending order
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mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE driver_log
-> (
-> rec_id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-> name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
-> trav_date DATE NOT NULL,
-> miles INT NOT NULL,
-> PRIMARY KEY (rec_id)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO driver_log (name,trav_date,miles)
-> VALUES
-> ('Ben','2010-11-30',152),
-> ('Suzi','2010-11-29',391),
-> ('Henry','2010-11-29',300),
-> ('Henry','2010-11-27',96),
-> ('Ben','2010-11-29',131),
-> ('Henry','2010-11-26',115),
-> ('Suzi','2010-12-02',502),
-> ('Henry','2010-12-01',197),
-> ('Ben','2010-12-02',79),
-> ('Henry','2010-11-30',203)
-> ;
Query OK, 10 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 10 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql>
mysql> SELECT name, trav_date, miles FROM driver_log ORDER BY 3 DESC;
+-------+------------+-------+
| name | trav_date | miles |
+-------+------------+-------+
| Suzi | 2010-12-02 | 502 |
| Suzi | 2010-11-29 | 391 |
| Henry | 2010-11-29 | 300 |
| Henry | 2010-11-30 | 203 |
| Henry | 2010-12-01 | 197 |
| Ben | 2010-11-30 | 152 |
| Ben | 2010-11-29 | 131 |
| Henry | 2010-11-26 | 115 |
| Henry | 2010-11-27 | 96 |
| Ben | 2010-12-02 | 79 |
+-------+------------+-------+
10 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> drop table driver_log;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
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