first column always ascending when combined by a second descending column?
Hi
When I ran this code
SELECT
*
FROM
employees
ORDER BY first_name, last_name DESC;
Only last_name was ordered in descending order, and first_name appeared in ascending order. So, I suppose the first field would always be in ascending order when combined with a descending order. Is that right?
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Hi Saeed!
Thanks for reaching out.
By default a column is sorted in an ascending way. So, if you want to sort both the first name and the last name in a descending way, you should specify it. Please, use the following code:
SELECT
*
FROM
employees
ORDER BY first_name DESC , last_name DESC;
Hope this helps.
Best,
Tsvetelin
