The word order is a reserved order in MySQL and you have used it in the query. To get rid of the syntax error, you need to use backticks(` `) around the order.
The correct syntax is as follows −
select *from yourTableName ORDER BY `order` DESC;
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( `order` int ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.58 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values(89); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.19 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(67); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(90); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values(56); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
Output
+-------+ | order | +-------+ | 89 | | 67 | | 90 | | 56 | +-------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to remove syntax error near ORDER BY −
mysql> select *from DemoTable ORDER BY `order` DESC;
Output
+-------+ | order | +-------+ | 90 | | 89 | | 67 | | 56 | +-------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)