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Databases

Christian Antfeld
Christian Antfeld
1,087 Points
Posted by Christian Antfeld
Christian Antfeld
1,087 Points

Multiple criteria ORDER BY clause

My assignment requires multiple ORDER BY clauses but I'm not sure what I did wrong here.

SELECT * FROM phone_book ORDER BY last_name ASC, ORDER BY first_name ASC;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

When combining ordering criteria, just separate them with commas.

So instead of this:

SELECT * FROM phone_book ORDER BY last_name ASC, ORDER BY first_name ASC;

You might write this:

SELECT * FROM phone_book ORDER BY last_name ASC, first_name ASC;

Also, "ASC" is the default so it may be omitted.