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Order allows the rows of a table to be sorted by one or more expressions. Order does not change the underlying schema. Order does not impact the order of rows in data export.

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ORDER BY (ASC | DESC) (NULLS FIRST | NULLS LAST)

Order syntax is as follows:

  • <expr> is usually a column name, such as ID, but it can be any expression, such as ID + 5
  • ASC/DESC controls direction. Default is ascending. Sort is lexicographic.
  • NULLS FIRST/NULLS LAST controls null behavior. Default is nulls last.
  • A clause is <expr (ASC|DESC) (NULLS FIRST | NULLS LAST)>. Multiple clauses can be written, but there must be at least one.
  • Clauses are interpreted from left to right.