For sorting the rows in a meaningful way we can use ORDER BY clause. Suppose we want to sort the rows of the following table −
mysql> Select * from Student; +--------+--------+--------+ | Name | RollNo | Grade | +--------+--------+--------+ | Gaurav | 100 | B.tech | | Aarav | 150 | M.SC | | Aryan | 165 | M.tech | +--------+--------+--------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
The query below sorted the table by ‘Name’.
mysql> Select * from student order by name; +--------+--------+--------+ | Name | RollNo | Grade | +--------+--------+--------+ | Aarav | 150 | M.SC | | Aryan | 165 | M.tech | | Gaurav | 100 | B.tech | +--------+--------+--------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
The query below sorted the table by ‘Grade.
mysql> Select * from student order by Grade; +--------+--------+--------+ | Name | RollNo | Grade | +--------+--------+--------+ | Gaurav | 100 | B.tech | | Aarav | 150 | M.SC | | Aryan | 165 | M.tech | +--------+--------+--------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)