Examples with ORDER BY
Return all 11 rows from the CATEGORY table, ordered by the second column, CATGROUP. For results that have the same CATGROUP value, order the CATDESC column values by the length of the character string. Then order by columns CATID and CATNAME.
select * from category order by 2, 1, 3; catid | catgroup | catname | catdesc -------+----------+-----------+---------------------------------------- 10 | Concerts | Jazz | All jazz singers and bands 9 | Concerts | Pop | All rock and pop music concerts 11 | Concerts | Classical | All symphony, concerto, and choir conce 6 | Shows | Musicals | Musical theatre 7 | Shows | Plays | All non-musical theatre 8 | Shows | Opera | All opera and light opera 5 | Sports | MLS | Major League Soccer 1 | Sports | MLB | Major League Baseball 2 | Sports | NHL | National Hockey League 3 | Sports | NFL | National Football League 4 | Sports | NBA | National Basketball Association (11 rows)
Return selected columns from the SALES table, ordered by the highest QTYSOLD values. Limit the result to the top 10 rows:
select salesid, qtysold, pricepaid, commission, saletime from sales order by qtysold, pricepaid, commission, salesid, saletime desc salesid | qtysold | pricepaid | commission | saletime ---------+---------+-----------+------------+--------------------- 15401 | 8 | 272.00 | 40.80 | 2008-03-18 06:54:56 61683 | 8 | 296.00 | 44.40 | 2008-11-26 04:00:23 90528 | 8 | 328.00 | 49.20 | 2008-06-11 02:38:09 74549 | 8 | 336.00 | 50.40 | 2008-01-19 12:01:21 130232 | 8 | 352.00 | 52.80 | 2008-05-02 05:52:31 55243 | 8 | 384.00 | 57.60 | 2008-07-12 02:19:53 16004 | 8 | 440.00 | 66.00 | 2008-11-04 07:22:31 489 | 8 | 496.00 | 74.40 | 2008-08-03 05:48:55 4197 | 8 | 512.00 | 76.80 | 2008-03-23 11:35:33 16929 | 8 | 568.00 | 85.20 | 2008-12-19 02:59:33
Return a column list and no rows by using LIMIT 0 syntax:
select * from venue limit 0; venueid | venuename | venuecity | venuestate | venueseats ---------+-----------+-----------+------------+------------ (0 rows)
