Monday 25 July 2016

ORDER BY clause



ORDER BY clause is used to get the records from database in sorted way.

Syntax
SELECT column_list
FROM table_name
[WHERE condition]
[ORDER BY col1, col2…colN] [ASC/DESC]

ASC: Gives the results in ascending order. By default data is sorted in ascending order.
DESC: Gives the results in descending order.

Execute following statements in sql client.

CREATE TABLE employee(
  id int PRIMARY KEY,
  name VARCHAR(25),
  age int,
  salary DECIMAL(10, 4),
  mailId VARCHAR(25),
  city VARCHAR(10)
);

INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "Hari", 28, 12345.67, "hari@hari.com", "Bangalore");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "Sandesh", 31, 98345.00, "sandesh@sandesh.com", "Trivendram");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "Phalgum", 33, 119345.67, "phalgun@hari.com", "Hyderabad");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "Manju", 36, 87666.87, "manju@sandesh.com", "Bangalore");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "Rakesh", 26, 38000, "rakesh@hari.com", "Bangalore");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "Sankalp", 38, 87645.67, "sankalp@sankalp.com", "Chenai");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "Vadiraj", 40, 12345.67, "vadi@hari.com", "Bangalore");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "Prasob", 37, 12345.67, "prasob@sandesh.com", "Trivendram");
INSERT INTO employee (id, name, salary) VALUES (9, "Kesav", 123457.89);
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (10, "Hari", 25, 198345.00, "hari@krishna.com", "Trivendram");
INSERT INTO employee VALUES (11, "Phalgun", 23, 119345.67, "phalgun@p.com", "Hyderabad");

mysql> SELECT * FROM employee;
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
| id | name    | age  | salary      | mailId              | city       |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
|  1 | Hari    |   28 |  12345.6700 | hari@hari.com       | Bangalore  |
|  2 | Sandesh |   31 |  98345.0000 | sandesh@sandesh.com | Trivendram |
|  3 | Phalgum |   33 | 119345.6700 | phalgun@hari.com    | Hyderabad  |
|  4 | Manju   |   36 |  87666.8700 | manju@sandesh.com   | Bangalore  |
|  5 | Rakesh  |   26 |  38000.0000 | rakesh@hari.com     | Bangalore  |
|  6 | Sankalp |   38 |  87645.6700 | sankalp@sankalp.com | Chenai     |
|  7 | Vadiraj |   40 |  12345.6700 | vadi@hari.com       | Bangalore  |
|  8 | Prasob  |   37 |  12345.6700 | prasob@sandesh.com  | Trivendram |
|  9 | Kesav   | NULL | 123457.8900 | NULL                | NULL       |
| 10 | Hari    |   25 | 198345.0000 | hari@krishna.com    | Trivendram |
| 11 | Phalgun |   23 | 119345.6700 | phalgun@p.com       | Hyderabad  |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
11 rows in set (0.00 sec)


a. Sort all employees by ascending order of their name

mysql> SELECT * FROM employee ORDER BY name;
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
| id | name    | age  | salary      | mailId              | city       |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
|  1 | Hari    |   28 |  12345.6700 | hari@hari.com       | Bangalore  |
| 10 | Hari    |   25 | 198345.0000 | hari@krishna.com    | Trivendram |
|  9 | Kesav   | NULL | 123457.8900 | NULL                | NULL       |
|  4 | Manju   |   36 |  87666.8700 | manju@sandesh.com   | Bangalore  |
|  3 | Phalgum |   33 | 119345.6700 | phalgun@hari.com    | Hyderabad  |
| 11 | Phalgun |   23 | 119345.6700 | phalgun@p.com       | Hyderabad  |
|  8 | Prasob  |   37 |  12345.6700 | prasob@sandesh.com  | Trivendram |
|  5 | Rakesh  |   26 |  38000.0000 | rakesh@hari.com     | Bangalore  |
|  2 | Sandesh |   31 |  98345.0000 | sandesh@sandesh.com | Trivendram |
|  6 | Sankalp |   38 |  87645.6700 | sankalp@sankalp.com | Chenai     |
|  7 | Vadiraj |   40 |  12345.6700 | vadi@hari.com       | Bangalore  |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
11 rows in set (0.00 sec)


b. Sort all employees by ascending order of their name and age

mysql> SELECT * FROM employee ORDER BY name, age;
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
| id | name    | age  | salary      | mailId              | city       |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
| 10 | Hari    |   25 | 198345.0000 | hari@krishna.com    | Trivendram |
|  1 | Hari    |   28 |  12345.6700 | hari@hari.com       | Bangalore  |
|  9 | Kesav   | NULL | 123457.8900 | NULL                | NULL       |
|  4 | Manju   |   36 |  87666.8700 | manju@sandesh.com   | Bangalore  |
|  3 | Phalgum |   33 | 119345.6700 | phalgun@hari.com    | Hyderabad  |
| 11 | Phalgun |   23 | 119345.6700 | phalgun@p.com       | Hyderabad  |
|  8 | Prasob  |   37 |  12345.6700 | prasob@sandesh.com  | Trivendram |
|  5 | Rakesh  |   26 |  38000.0000 | rakesh@hari.com     | Bangalore  |
|  2 | Sandesh |   31 |  98345.0000 | sandesh@sandesh.com | Trivendram |
|  6 | Sankalp |   38 |  87645.6700 | sankalp@sankalp.com | Chenai     |
|  7 | Vadiraj |   40 |  12345.6700 | vadi@hari.com       | Bangalore  |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------------+------------+
11 rows in set (0.00 sec)


c. Get employee who is getting highest salary


mysql> SELECT * FROM employee ORDER BY salary DESC LIMIT 1;
+----+------+------+-------------+------------------+------------+
| id | name | age  | salary      | mailId           | city       |
+----+------+------+-------------+------------------+------------+
| 10 | Hari |   25 | 198345.0000 | hari@krishna.com | Trivendram |
+----+------+------+-------------+------------------+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)


d. Get employee who is staying in Bangalore and getting more salary.

mysql> SELECT * FROM employee WHERE city="Bangalore" ORDER BY salary DESC LIMIT 1;
+----+-------+------+------------+-------------------+-----------+
| id | name  | age  | salary     | mailId            | city      |
+----+-------+------+------------+-------------------+-----------+
|  4 | Manju |   36 | 87666.8700 | manju@sandesh.com | Bangalore |
+----+-------+------+------------+-------------------+-----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)



e. Get young employee who is getting more salary 
  

mysql> SELECT * FROM employee ORDER BY age ASC, salary DESC limit 1;
+----+-------+------+-------------+--------+------+
| id | name  | age  | salary      | mailId | city |
+----+-------+------+-------------+--------+------+
|  9 | Kesav | NULL | 123457.8900 | NULL   | NULL |
+----+-------+------+-------------+--------+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)


mysql> SELECT * FROM employee ORDER BY age ASC, salary DESC limit 2;
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------+-----------+
| id | name    | age  | salary      | mailId        | city      |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------+-----------+
|  9 | Kesav   | NULL | 123457.8900 | NULL          | NULL      |
| 11 | Phalgun |   23 | 119345.6700 | phalgun@p.com | Hyderabad |
+----+---------+------+-------------+---------------+-----------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)



NULL is the least value.






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