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How to order MySQL rows by multiple columns?
Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> FirstName varchar(20), -> LastName varchar(20) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.44 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John','Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.35 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris','Brown'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.37 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol','Taylor'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David','Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.24 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
Output
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+----------+ | FirstName | LastName | +-----------+----------+ | John | Smith | | Chris | Brown | | Carol | Taylor | | David | Miller | +-----------+----------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to order MySQL rows by multiple columns −
mysql> select *from DemoTable order by FirstName,LastName
Output
This will produce the following output −
+-----------+----------+ | FirstName | LastName | +-----------+----------+ | Carol | Taylor | | Chris | Brown | | David | Miller | | John | Smith | +-----------+----------+ 4 rows in set (0.24 sec)
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