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    In MySQL, the ORDER by keyword is used to get records from a table in sorted order. The ORDER BY keyword can use one or more columns to sort the result-set.

    We can sort the records in both ascending and descending order.By default, ORDER by keyword sorts records in Ascending order. For descending order we need to use DESC keyword with the ORDER by keyword.

    ORDER BY Syntax

    SELECT column_name, column_name
    FROM table_name
    ORDER by column_name ASC|DESC, column_name ASC|DESC;
    

    We have a table "employee" as below:

        employee
    
        id  first_name            last_name       country
        .......................................................
        1   John                     Simp         Canada
        2   Chris                    Hely         Canada
        3   Max                      Roy          Korea
        4   Jenny                    Mill         Canada
        5   Jack                     Simpson      London
    

    ORDER BY Example

    The below statement selects all the employees from the "employee" table sorted by "country column":

    SELECT * FROM employee
    ORDER by country;
    

    Result

        id  first_name            last_name       country
        .......................................................
        1   John                     Simp         Canada
        2   Chris                    Hely         Canada
        4   Jenny                    Mill         Canada
        3   Max                      Roy          Korea
        5   Jack                     Simpson      London
    

    ORDER BY DESC Example

    he below statement selects all the employees from the "employee" table sorted in descending order by "country column":

    SELECT * FROM employee
    ORDER by country DESC;
    

    Result

        id  first_name            last_name       country
        .......................................................
        5   Jack                     Simpson      London
        3   Max                      Roy          Korea
        1   John                     Simp         Canada
        2   Chris                    Hely         Canada
        4   Jenny                    Mill         Canada
    

    Hope this will help you :)

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