FROM ten_bang
[WHERE dieu_kien]
[ORDER BY cot1, cot2, . cotN] [ASC | DESC];
Note :
Suppose the NHANVIEN table has the following records:
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | ID | TEN |TUOI | DIACHI | LUONG | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | 1 | Thanh | 32 | Haiphong | 2000.00 | | 2 | Loan | 25 | Hanoi | 1500.00 | | 3 | Nga | 23 | Hanam | 2000.00 | | 4 | Manh | 25 | Hue | 6500.00 | | 5 | Huy | 27 | Hatinh | 8500.00 | | 6 | Cao | 22 | HCM | 4500.00 | | 7 | Lam | 24 | Haiduong | 10000.00 | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
The following example illustrates how to sort in ascending order for TEN and LUONG.
SQL> SELECT * FROM NHANVIEN
ORDER BY TEN, LUONG;
The above example returns the result:
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | ID | TEN |TUOI | DIACHI | LUONG | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | 6 | Cao | 22 | HCM | 4500.00 | | 5 | Huy | 27 | Hatinh | 8500.00 | | 7 | Lam | 24 | Haiduong | 10000.00 | | 2 | Loan | 25 | Hanoi | 1500.00 | | 4 | Manh | 25 | Hue | 6500.00 | | 3 | Nga | 23 | Hanam | 2000.00 | | 1 | Thanh | 32 | Haiphong | 2000.00 | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
The following block will sort the results in descending order by TEN field.
SQL> SELECT * FROM NHANVIEN
ORDER BY TEN DESC;
The result is:
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | ID | TEN |TUOI | DIACHI | LUONG | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | 1 | Thanh | 32 | Haiphong | 2000.00 | | 3 | Nga | 23 | Hanam | 2000.00 | | 4 | Manh | 25 | Hue | 6500.00 | | 2 | Loan | 25 | Hanoi | 1500.00 | | 7 | Lam | 24 | Haiduong | 10000.00 | | 5 | Huy | 27 | Hatinh | 8500.00 | | 6 | Cao | 22 | HCM | 4500.00 | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
To retrieve rows with their own priority order, the SELECT query will look like this:
SQL> SELECT * FROM NHANVIEN
ORDER BY (CASE DIACHI
WHEN 'Hanoi' THEN 1
WHEN 'Haiduong' THEN 2
WHEN 'HCM' THEN 3
ELSE 100 END) ASC, DIACHI DESC;
The result is:
+----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | ID | TEN |TUOI | DIACHI | LUONG | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+ | 2 | Loan | 25 | Hanoi | 1500.00 | | 7 | Lam | 24 | Haiduong | 10000.00 | | 6 | Cao | 22 | HCM | 4500.00 | | 1 | Thanh | 32 | Haiphong | 2000.00 | | 3 | Nga | 23 | Hanam | 2000.00 | | 5 | Huy | 27 | Hatinh | 8500.00 | | 4 | Manh | 25 | Hue | 6500.00 | +----+----------+-----+-----------+----------+
First, we can arrange employees according to DIACHI with their own order, then the remaining DIACHI will be arranged naturally in the reverse order of the alphabet.
In the next section, we will learn about SQL constraints, remember to follow them.
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