Oracle PL/SQL/Select Query/Order By
Содержание
- 1 DESC for descending
- 2 Get order number by using rownum column
- 3 ORDER BY clause with more than one column:by the first column, and within that column, orders by the second
- 4 Order by columns from different tables
- 5 Order by date value then by number value
- 6 Order by index
- 7 Order by job title ascending but birthday descending
- 8 Order by name and department number for salary higher than 1500
- 9 Order by price which is more than 50
- 10 Order by, range unbounded preceding
- 11 Order by renamed column
- 12 Order by renamed column descendingly
- 13 Order by three columns
- 14 ORDER BY with all logic operators
- 15 Order date value by only year field with extract() function
- 16 Order for one column descendingly
- 17 Ordering data in the SELECT statement ascending
- 18 Ordering data in the SELECT statement descending
- 19 Order the results by the average salary
- 20 Order two columns
- 21 Query a number type column with order by desc
- 22 Query specific columns with order by clause
- 23 Query the same column in where statement and order by clause
- 24 Specify ascending or descending for each column
- 25 Use aggregate function in order by clause
DESC for descending
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> create table registrations
2 ( attendee NUMBER(4) 3 , course VARCHAR2(6) 4 , begindate DATE 5 , evaluation NUMBER(1) 6 , constraint R_PK primary key 7 (attendee,course,begindate) 8 ) ;
Table created. SQL> SQL> insert into registrations values (2,"SQL",date "2009-04-12",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (14,"SQL",date "2009-04-12",5 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (6,"SQL",date "2009-04-12",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (11,"SQL",date "2009-04-12",2 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (8,"SQL",date "2009-10-04",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (9,"SQL",date "2009-10-04",3 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (13,"SQL",date "2009-10-04",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (13,"SQL",date "2009-12-13",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (6,"SQL",date "2009-12-13",NULL); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (3,"OAU",date "2009-08-10",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (12,"OAU",date "2009-08-10",4 ); 1 row created. SQL> insert into registrations values (13,"OAU",date "2009-08-10",5 ); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select evaluation
2 from registrations 3 where attendee = 8 4 order by evaluation DESC;
EVALUATION
SQL> SQL> drop table registrations; Table dropped.
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Get order number by using rownum column
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE EMP (EMPNO NUMBER(4) NOT NULL,
2 ENAME VARCHAR2(10), 3 JOB VARCHAR2(9), 4 MGR NUMBER(4), 5 HIREDATE DATE, 6 SAL NUMBER(7, 2), 7 COMM NUMBER(7, 2), 8 DEPTNO NUMBER(2));
Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7369, "SMITH", "CLERK", 7902, TO_DATE("17-DEC-1980", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 800, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7499, "ALLEN", "SALESMAN", 7698, TO_DATE("20-FEB-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7521, "WARD", "SALESMAN", 7698, TO_DATE("22-FEB-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7566, "JONES", "MANAGER", 7839, TO_DATE("2-APR-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7654, "MARTIN", "SALESMAN", 7698,TO_DATE("28-SEP-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7698, "BLAKE", "MANAGER", 7839,TO_DATE("1-MAY-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2850, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7782, "CLARK", "MANAGER", 7839,TO_DATE("9-JUN-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7788, "SCOTT", "ANALYST", 7566,TO_DATE("09-DEC-1982", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7839, "KING", "PRESIDENT", NULL,TO_DATE("17-NOV-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7844, "TURNER", "SALESMAN", 7698,TO_DATE("8-SEP-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7876, "ADAMS", "CLERK", 7788,TO_DATE("12-JAN-1983", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1100, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7900, "JAMES", "CLERK", 7698,TO_DATE("3-DEC-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 950, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7902, "FORD", "ANALYST", 7566,TO_DATE("3-DEC-1981", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO EMP VALUES (7934, "MILLER", "CLERK", 7782,TO_DATE("23-JAN-1982", "DD-MON-YYYY"), 1300, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SELECT ROWNUM, ename
2 FROM emp; ROWNUM ENAME
----------
1 SMITH
2 ALLEN
3 WARD
4 JONES
5 MARTIN
6 BLAKE
7 CLARK
8 SCOTT
Page 1 ROWNUM ENAME
----------
9 KING
10 TURNER
11 ADAMS
12 JAMES
13 FORD
14 MILLER
Page 2
14 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.
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==order by/td>
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
2 ( employee_id number(10) not null, 3 last_name varchar2(50) not null, 4 email varchar2(30), 5 hire_date date, 6 job_id varchar2(30), 7 department_id number(10), 8 salary number(6), 9 manager_id number(6) 10 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1001, "Lawson", "lawson@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002","MGR", 30000,1 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1002, "Wells", "wells@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "DBA", 20000,2, 1005 );
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values( 1003, "Bliss", "bliss@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "PROG", 24000,3 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1004, "Kyte", "tkyte@a.ru", SYSDATE-3650, "MGR",25000 ,4, 1005);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1005, "Viper", "sdillon@a .ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 1, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
2 values( 1006, "Beck", "clbeck@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 2, null);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1007, "Java", "java01@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 3, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1008, "Oracle", "oracle1@g.ru", SYSDATE, "DBA", 20000, 4, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select * from employees; EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1001 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 MGR 1 30000 1004
1002 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 DBA 2 20000 1005
1003 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 PROG 3 24000 1004
1004 Kyte tkyte@a.ru 13-JUN-98 MGR 4 25000 1005
1005 Viper sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 1 20000 1006
1006 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 2 20000
1007 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 3 20000 1006
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1008 Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 DBA 4 20000 1006
8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> select last_name, email, hire_date
2 from employees 3 order by 3, 2, 1 4 /
LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE
------------------------------ ---------
Kyte tkyte@a.ru 13-JUN-98 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 Viper sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE
------------------------------ ---------
Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 8 rows selected.
SQL> SQL> select * from employees; EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1001 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 MGR 1 30000 1004
1002 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 DBA 2 20000 1005
1003 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 PROG 3 24000 1004
1004 Kyte tkyte@a.ru 13-JUN-98 MGR 4 25000 1005
1005 Viper sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 1 20000 1006
1006 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 2 20000
1007 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 3 20000 1006
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1008 Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 DBA 4 20000 1006
8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table employees; Table dropped. SQL>
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ORDER BY clause with more than one column:by the first column, and within that column, orders by the second
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
2 /
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------
01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2334.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 2334.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 2334.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> --ORDER BY clause with more than one column:by the first column, and within that column, orders by the second SQL> SQL> SELECT ID FROM Employee
2 ORDER BY Salary, City;
ID
01 07 06 05 08 03 02 04 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL>
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Order by columns from different tables
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> create table emp
2 ( empno NUMBER(4) constraint E_PK primary key 3 , ename VARCHAR2(8) 4 , init VARCHAR2(5) 5 , job VARCHAR2(8) 6 , mgr NUMBER(4) 7 , bdate DATE 8 , sal NUMBER(6,2) 9 , comm NUMBER(6,2) 10 , deptno NUMBER(2) default 10 11 ) ;
Table created. SQL> insert into emp values(1,"Tom","N", "Coder", 13,date "1965-12-17", 800 , NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(2,"Jack","JAM", "Tester",6,date "1961-02-20", 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(3,"Wil","TF" , "Tester",6,date "1962-02-22", 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(4,"Jane","JM", "Designer", 9,date "1967-04-02", 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(5,"Mary","P", "Tester",6,date "1956-09-28", 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(6,"Black","R", "Designer", 9,date "1963-11-01", 2850, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(7,"Chris","AB", "Designer", 9,date "1965-06-09", 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(8,"Smart","SCJ", "Coder", 4,date "1959-11-26", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(9,"Peter","CC", "Designer",NULL,date "1952-11-17", 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(10,"Take","JJ", "Tester",6,date "1968-09-28", 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(11,"Ana","AA", "Coder", 8,date "1966-12-30", 1100, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(12,"Jane","R", "Manager", 6,date "1969-12-03", 800 , NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(13,"Fake","MG", "Coder", 4,date "1959-02-13", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(14,"Mike","TJA","Manager", 7,date "1962-01-23", 1300, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> create table departments
2 ( deptno NUMBER(2) constraint D_PK 3 primary key 4 , dname VARCHAR2(10) 5 , location VARCHAR2(8) 6 , mgr NUMBER(4) 7 ) ;
Table created. SQL> SQL> insert into departments values (10,"ACCOUNTING","NEW YORK",7); 1 row created. SQL> insert into departments values (20,"TRAINING", "DALLAS", 4); 1 row created. SQL> insert into departments values (30,"SALES", "CHICAGO", 6); 1 row created. SQL> insert into departments values (40,"HR", "BOSTON", 9); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> select d.deptno, d.location
2 , e.ename, e.init 3 from emp e, departments d 4 where e.deptno = d.deptno 5 order by d.deptno, e.ename; DEPTNO LOCATION ENAME INIT
-------- -------- -----
10 NEW YORK Chris AB
10 NEW YORK Mike TJA
10 NEW YORK Peter CC
20 DALLAS Ana AA
20 DALLAS Fake MG
20 DALLAS Jane JM
20 DALLAS Smart SCJ
20 DALLAS Tom N
30 CHICAGO Black R
30 CHICAGO Jack JAM
30 CHICAGO Jane R
30 CHICAGO Mary P
30 CHICAGO Take JJ
30 CHICAGO Wil TF
14 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped. SQL> drop table departments; Table dropped.
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Order by date value then by number value
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE product (
2 product_name VARCHAR2(25), 3 product_price NUMBER(4,2), 4 quantity_on_hand NUMBER(5,0), 5 last_stock_date DATE);
Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Small Widget", 99, 1, "15-JAN-03"); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Wodget", 75, 1000, "15-JAN-02"); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Product 1", 50, 100, "15-JAN-03"); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Product 2", 25, 10000, null); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product ORDER BY last_stock_date, product_name; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Wodget 75 1000 15-JAN-02 Product 1 50 100 15-JAN-03 Small Widget 99 1 15-JAN-03 Product 2 25 10000 4 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> DROP TABLE product; Table dropped. SQL> SQL>
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Order by index
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> create table t (
2 item number, 3 bin number, 4 primary key (bin , item) 5 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> insert into t values(2, 34353); 1 row created. SQL> insert into t values(45,34353); 1 row created. SQL> insert into t values(76,34353); 1 row created. SQL> insert into t values(76,35667); 1 row created. SQL> insert into t values(89,35667); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select * from t order by 1,2;
ITEM BIN
----------
2 34353
45 34353
76 34353
76 35667
89 35667
5 rows selected. SQL> SQL> select bin, count(*), count(*)/cnt
2 from ( select bin, count(distinct item) over () AS cnt
3 from t
4 where item in (2,45,76,89) )
5 group by bin, cnt
6 /
BIN COUNT(*) COUNT(*)/CNT
---------- ------------
34353 3 .75
35667 2 .5
2 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table t; Table dropped. SQL>
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Order by job title ascending but birthday descending
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> create table emp
2 ( empno NUMBER(4) constraint E_PK primary key 3 , ename VARCHAR2(8) 4 , init VARCHAR2(5) 5 , job VARCHAR2(8) 6 , mgr NUMBER(4) 7 , bdate DATE 8 , sal NUMBER(6,2) 9 , comm NUMBER(6,2) 10 , deptno NUMBER(2) default 10 11 ) ;
Table created. SQL> insert into emp values(1,"Tom","N", "TRAINER", 13,date "1965-12-17", 800 , NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(2,"Jack","JAM", "Tester",6,date "1961-02-20", 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(3,"Wil","TF" , "Tester",6,date "1962-02-22", 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(4,"Jane","JM", "Designer", 9,date "1967-04-02", 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(5,"Mary","P", "Tester",6,date "1956-09-28", 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(6,"Black","R", "Designer", 9,date "1963-11-01", 2850, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(7,"Chris","AB", "Designer", 9,date "1965-06-09", 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(8,"Smart","SCJ", "TRAINER", 4,date "1959-11-26", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(9,"Peter","CC", "Designer",NULL,date "1952-11-17", 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(10,"Take","JJ", "Tester",6,date "1968-09-28", 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(11,"Ana","AA", "TRAINER", 8,date "1966-12-30", 1100, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(12,"Jane","R", "Manager", 6,date "1969-12-03", 800 , NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(13,"Fake","MG", "TRAINER", 4,date "1959-02-13", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(14,"Mike","TJA","Manager", 7,date "1962-01-23", 1300, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> select *
2 from emp 3 order by job, bdate desc;
Enter...
4 Jane JM Designer 9 02-04-1967 2975 [N/A] 20
7 Chris AB Designer 9 09-06-1965 2450 [N/A] 10
6 Black R Designer 9 01-11-1963 2850 [N/A] 30
9 Peter CC Designer [N/A] 17-11-1952 5000 [N/A] 10
12 Jane R Manager 6 03-12-1969 800 [N/A] 30
14 Mike TJA Manager 7 23-01-1962 1300 [N/A] 10
10 Take JJ Tester 6 28-09-1968 1500 0 30
3 Wil TF Tester 6 22-02-1962 1250 500 30
2 Jack JAM Tester 6 20-02-1961 1600 300 30
5 Mary P Tester 6 28-09-1956 1250 1400 30
11 Ana AA TRAINER 8 30-12-1966 1100 [N/A] 20
1 Tom N TRAINER 13 17-12-1965 800 [N/A] 20
8 Smart SCJ TRAINER 4 26-11-1959 3000 [N/A] 20
13 Fake MG TRAINER 4 13-02-1959 3000 [N/A] 20
14 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.
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Order by name and department number for salary higher than 1500
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> create table emp
2 ( empno NUMBER(4) constraint E_PK primary key 3 , ename VARCHAR2(8) 4 , init VARCHAR2(5) 5 , job VARCHAR2(8) 6 , mgr NUMBER(4) 7 , bdate DATE 8 , sal NUMBER(6,2) 9 , comm NUMBER(6,2) 10 , deptno NUMBER(2) default 10 11 ) ;
Table created. SQL> insert into emp values(1,"Tom","N", "Coder", 13,date "1965-12-17", 800 , NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(2,"Jack","JAM", "Tester",6,date "1961-02-20", 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(3,"Wil","TF" , "Tester",6,date "1962-02-22", 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(4,"Jane","JM", "Designer", 9,date "1967-04-02", 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(5,"Mary","P", "Tester",6,date "1956-09-28", 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(6,"Black","R", "Designer", 9,date "1963-11-01", 2850, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(7,"Chris","AB", "Designer", 9,date "1965-06-09", 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(8,"Smart","SCJ", "Coder", 4,date "1959-11-26", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(9,"Peter","CC", "Designer",NULL,date "1952-11-17", 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(10,"Take","JJ", "Tester",6,date "1968-09-28", 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(11,"Ana","AA", "Coder", 8,date "1966-12-30", 1100, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(12,"Jane","R", "Manager", 6,date "1969-12-03", 800 , NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(13,"Fake","MG", "Coder", 4,date "1959-02-13", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(14,"Mike","TJA","Manager", 7,date "1962-01-23", 1300, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> select deptno, ename, init, sal
2 from emp 3 where sal < 1500 4 order by deptno, ename; DEPTNO ENAME INIT SAL
-------- ----- ----------
10 Mike TJA 1300
20 Ana AA 1100
20 Tom N 800
30 Jane R 800
30 Mary P 1250
30 Wil TF 1250
6 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.
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Order by price which is more than 50
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> create table gift(
2 gift_id integer primary key 3 ,emp_id integer 4 ,register_date date not null 5 ,total_price number(7,2) 6 ,deliver_date date 7 ,deliver_time varchar2(7) 8 ,payment varchar2(2) 9 ,emp_no number(3,0) 10 ,deliver_name varchar2(35) 11 ,message varchar2(100) 12 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> insert into gift(gift_id,emp_id,register_date,total_price,deliver_date,deliver_time,payment,emp_no,deliver_name,message)values
2 (1,1,"14-Feb-1999", 123.12, "14-Feb-1999", "12 noon", "CA",1, null, "Happy Birthday to you");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time ,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message)values
2 (2,1,"14-Feb-1999", 50.98, "14-feb-1999", "1 pm", "CA",7, "name1", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message )values
2 (3, 2,"14-Feb-1999", 35.99, "14-feb-1999", "1 pm", "VS",2, "Tom", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message )values
2 (4, 2,"14-Feb-1999", 19.95, "14-feb-1999", "5 pm", "CA",2, "Mary", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message)values
2 (5, 6,"4-mar-1999", 10.95, "5-mar-1999", "4:30 pm", "VS", 2, "Jack", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select gift_id, total_price
2 from gift 3 where total_price > 50 4 order by total_price desc; GIFT_ID TOTAL_PRICE
-----------
1 123.12
2 50.98
2 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table gift; Table dropped.
</source>
Order by, range unbounded preceding
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> create table emp
2 ( empno NUMBER(4) constraint E_PK primary key 3 , ename VARCHAR2(8) 4 , init VARCHAR2(5) 5 , job VARCHAR2(8) 6 , mgr NUMBER(4) 7 , bdate DATE 8 , sal NUMBER(6,2) 9 , comm NUMBER(6,2) 10 , deptno NUMBER(2) default 10 11 ) ;
Table created. SQL> insert into emp values(1,"Tom","N", "TRAINER", 13,date "1965-12-17", 800 , NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(2,"Jack","JAM", "Tester",6,date "1961-02-20", 1600, 300, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(3,"Wil","TF" , "Tester",6,date "1962-02-22", 1250, 500, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(4,"Jane","JM", "Designer", 9,date "1967-04-02", 2975, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(5,"Mary","P", "Tester",6,date "1956-09-28", 1250, 1400, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(6,"Black","R", "Designer", 9,date "1963-11-01", 2850, NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(7,"Chris","AB", "Designer", 9,date "1965-06-09", 2450, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(8,"Smart","SCJ", "TRAINER", 4,date "1959-11-26", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(9,"Peter","CC", "Designer",NULL,date "1952-11-17", 5000, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(10,"Take","JJ", "Tester",6,date "1968-09-28", 1500, 0, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(11,"Ana","AA", "TRAINER", 8,date "1966-12-30", 1100, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(12,"Jane","R", "Manager", 6,date "1969-12-03", 800 , NULL, 30); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(13,"Fake","MG", "TRAINER", 4,date "1959-02-13", 3000, NULL, 20); 1 row created. SQL> insert into emp values(14,"Mike","TJA","Manager", 7,date "1962-01-23", 1300, NULL, 10); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select mgr, ename, sal
2 , sum(sal) over
3 ( order by mgr, sal
4 range unbounded preceding
5 ) as cumulative
6 from emp
7 order by mgr, sal;
MGR ENAME SAL CUMULATIVE
-------- ---------- ----------
4 Smart 3000 6000
4 Fake 3000 6000
6 Jane 800 6800
6 Wil 1250 9300
6 Mary 1250 9300
6 Take 1500 10800
6 Jack 1600 12400
7 Mike 1300 13700
8 Ana 1100 14800
9 Chris 2450 17250
9 Black 2850 20100
9 Jane 2975 23075
13 Tom 800 23875
Peter 5000 28875
14 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.
</source>
Order by renamed column
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> create table gift(
2 gift_id integer primary key 3 ,emp_id integer 4 ,register_date date not null 5 ,total_price number(7,2) 6 ,deliver_date date 7 ,deliver_time varchar2(7) 8 ,payment varchar2(2) 9 ,emp_no number(3,0) 10 ,deliver_name varchar2(35) 11 ,message varchar2(100) 12 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> insert into gift(gift_id,emp_id,register_date,total_price,deliver_date,deliver_time,payment,emp_no,deliver_name,message)values
2 (1,1,"14-Feb-1999", 123.12, "14-Feb-1999", "12 noon", "CA",1, null, "Happy Birthday to you");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time ,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message)values
2 (2,1,"14-Feb-1999", 50.98, "14-feb-1999", "1 pm", "CA",7, "name1", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message )values
2 (3, 2,"14-Feb-1999", 35.99, "14-feb-1999", "1 pm", "VS",2, "Tom", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message )values
2 (4, 2,"14-Feb-1999", 19.95, "14-feb-1999", "5 pm", "CA",2, "Mary", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> insert into gift(gift_id ,emp_id ,register_date ,total_price ,deliver_date ,deliver_time,payment ,emp_no,deliver_name ,message)values
2 (5, 6,"4-mar-1999", 10.95, "5-mar-1999", "4:30 pm", "VS", 2, "Jack", "Happy Birthday");
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select gift_id, total_price, total_price * 1.1 "Increased Price" from gift
2 order by "Increased Price"; GIFT_ID TOTAL_PRICE Increased Price
----------- ---------------
5 10.95 12.045
4 19.95 21.945
3 35.99 39.589
2 50.98 56.078
1 123.12 135.432
5 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table gift; Table dropped.
</source>
Order by renamed column descendingly
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> create table emp(
2 emp_no integer primary key, 3 lastname varchar2(20) not null, 4 firstname varchar2(15) not null, 5 midinit varchar2(1), 6 street varchar2(30), 7 city varchar2(20), 8 state varchar2(2), 9 zip varchar2(5), 10 shortZipCode varchar2(4), 11 area_code varchar2(3), 12 phone varchar2(8), 13 salary number(5,2), 14 birthdate date, 15 startDate date, 16 title varchar2(20), 17 dept_no integer , 18 mgr integer, 19 region number, 20 division number, 21 total_sales number 22 );
Table created. SQL> -- emp Table Inserts: SQL> insert into emp(emp_no, lastname, firstname, midinit, street, city, state, zip,shortZipCode, area_code, phone, birthdate, title)values
2 (1,"Z","Joy","R","1 Ave","New York","NY","12122","2333","212","200-1111","12-nov-1976","President");
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_no, lastname, firstname, midinit, street, city, state, zip,shortZipCode, area_code, phone, salary, birthdate, startDate,title, dept_no, mgr, region, division, total_sales)valu es
2 (2,"X","Lucy","J","1 Street","New York","NY","43552","6633","212","234-4444",7.75,"21-mar-1976","1-feb-1994","Sales Manager",2,1,100,10,40000);
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_no, lastname, firstname, midinit, street, city, state, zip,shortZipCode, area_code, phone, salary, birthdate, startDate,title, dept_no, mgr, region, division, total_sales)valu es
2 (3,"Y","Jordan","E","1 Drive","New York","NY","76822","8763","212","222-2222",7.75,"14-feb-1963","15-mar-1995","Sales Clerk",2,2,100,10,10000);
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_no, lastname, firstname, midinit, street, city, state, zip, shortZipCode, area_code, phone, salary, birthdate, startDate, title, dept_no, mgr, region, division, total_sales)va lues
2 (4,"Washington","Georgia","J","1 13th Street Apt 14","New York","NY","43122","4333","212","340-4365",11.50,"2-jul-1963","21-apr-1994","Designer",1,1,100,10,40000);
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_no, lastname, firstname, midinit, street, city, state, zip, shortZipCode, area_code, phone, salary, birthdate, startDate, title, dept_no, mgr, region, division, total_sales)va lues
2 (5,"Jason","Jordan","J","56 Langer Street","Staten Island","NY","23332","4983","718","777-4365",21.65,"15-may-1958","2-aug-1994","Designer",1,1,100,10,40000);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select emp_no,
2 lastname || ", " || firstname as "Name", 3 salary * 40 as "Weekly Salary" 4 from emp 5 order by "Weekly Salary" desc; EMP_NO Name Weekly Salary
------------------------------------- -------------
1 Z, Joy
5 Jason, Jordan 866
4 Washington, Georgia 460
2 X, Lucy 310
3 Y, Jordan 310
5 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.
</source>
Order by three columns
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE products(
2 product_id NUMBER(6), 3 name VARCHAR2(50), 4 subcategory VARCHAR2(50), 5 category VARCHAR2(50), 6 pack_size VARCHAR2(30), 7 price NUMBER(8,2), 8 min_price NUMBER(8,2) 9 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> select category, subcategory, name, price
2 from products 3 where price > 100 4 order by category, subcategory, name;
no rows selected SQL> drop table products; Table dropped.
</source>
ORDER BY with all logic operators
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE product (
2 product_name VARCHAR2(25), 3 product_price NUMBER(4,2), 4 quantity_on_hand NUMBER(5,0), 5 last_stock_date DATE);
Table created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Small Widget", 99, 1, "15-JAN-03"); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Wodget", 75, 1000, "15-JAN-02"); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Product 1", 50, 100, "15-JAN-03"); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO product VALUES ("Product 2", 25, 10000, null); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand = 1; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Small Widget 99 1 15-JAN-03 1 row selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand < 500; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Small Widget 99 1 15-JAN-03 Product 1 50 100 15-JAN-03 2 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand < 1000; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Small Widget 99 1 15-JAN-03 Product 1 50 100 15-JAN-03 2 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand <= 1000; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Small Widget 99 1 15-JAN-03 Wodget 75 1000 15-JAN-02 Product 1 50 100 15-JAN-03 3 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand > 1000; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Product 2 25 10000 1 row selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand >= 1000; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Wodget 75 1000 15-JAN-02 Product 2 25 10000 2 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand > 1000; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Product 2 25 10000 1 row selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE quantity_on_hand >= 1000; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Wodget 75 1000 15-JAN-02 Product 2 25 10000 2 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product WHERE product_price IN (50, 99); PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Small Widget 99 1 15-JAN-03 Product 1 50 100 15-JAN-03 2 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM product ORDER BY product_price; PRODUCT_NAME PRODUCT_PRICE QUANTITY_ON_HAND LAST_STOC
------------- ---------------- ---------
Product 2 25 10000 Product 1 50 100 15-JAN-03 Wodget 75 1000 15-JAN-02 Small Widget 99 1 15-JAN-03 4 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> DROP TABLE product; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL>
</source>
Order date value by only year field with extract() function
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE emp (
2 emp_id NUMBER, 3 ename VARCHAR2(40), 4 hire_date DATE DEFAULT sysdate, 5 end_date DATE, 6 rate NUMBER(5,2), 7 CONSTRAINT emp_pk 8 PRIMARY KEY (emp_id) 9 );
Table created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (101, "Mary", to_date("15-Nov-1961","dd-mon-yyyy"),null,169); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (102, "Tom", to_date("16-Sep-1964","dd-mon-yyyy"),to_date("5-May-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),135); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (104, "Peter", to_date("29-Dec-1987","dd-mon-yyyy"),to_date("1-Apr-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),99); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (105, "Mike", to_date("15-Jun-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),null,121); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (107, "Less", to_date("2-Jan-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),null,45); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (108, "Park", to_date("1-Mar-1994","dd-mon-yyyy"),to_date("15-Nov-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),220); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (110, "Ink", to_date("4-Apr-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),to_date("30-Sep-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),84); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (111, "Tike", to_date("23-Aug-1976","dd-mon-yyyy"),null,100); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (112, "Inn", to_date("15-Nov-1961","dd-mon-yyyy"),to_date("4-Apr-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),70); 1 row created. SQL> INSERT INTO emp(emp_id, ename, hire_date,end_date, rate)VALUES (113, "Kate", to_date("3-Mar-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),to_date("31-Oct-2004","dd-mon-yyyy"),300); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SET ECHO ON SQL> SELECT e.emp_id "ID", e.ename "Name",
2 e.hire_date "Hire Date"
3 FROM emp e
4 ORDER BY EXTRACT(YEAR FROM hire_date) DESC, ename ASC;
110
Ink 04-APR-04
113
Kate 03-MAR-04
107
Less 02-JAN-04
105
Mike 15-JUN-04
108
Park 01-MAR-94
104
Peter 29-DEC-87
111
Tike 23-AUG-76
102
Tom 16-SEP-64
112
Inn 15-NOV-61
101
Mary 15-NOV-61
10 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped.
</source>
Order for one column descendingly
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> create table emp(
2 emp_id integer primary key 3 ,lastname varchar2(20) not null 4 ,firstname varchar2(15) not null 5 ,midinit varchar2(1) 6 ,street varchar2(30) 7 ,city varchar2(20) 8 ,state varchar2(2) 9 ,zip varchar2(5) 10 ,shortZipCode varchar2(4) 11 ,area_code varchar2(3) 12 ,phone varchar2(8) 13 ,company_name varchar2(50));
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into emp(emp_id,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,shortZipCode,area_code,phone,company_name)values
2 (1,"Jones","Joe","J","1 Ave","New York","NY","11202","1111","212", "221-4333","Big Company");
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_id,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,shortZipCode,area_code,phone,company_name)values
2 (2,"Smith","Sue","J","1 Street","New York","NY","11444","1111","212", "436-6773","Little Company");
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_id,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,shortZipCode,area_code,phone,company_name)values
2 (3,"X","Peggy","J","1 Drive","New York","NY","45502","2222","212", "234-4444","Medium Company");
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_id,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,shortZipCode,area_code,phone,company_name)values
2 (4,"Murdy","Jill", null,"930 Eady St","New York","NY","45452","6458","212", "634-7733","Wilton Company");
1 row created. SQL> insert into emp(emp_id,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,shortZipCode,area_code,phone,company_name)values
2 (5,"Oper","Carl","L","19 Studio Drive","New York","NY","67672","3234","212", "243-4243","Wesson and Smith Company");
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select lastname, area_code, phone
2 from emp 3 order by area_code desc, lastname;
LASTNAME ARE PHONE
--- --------
Jones 212 221-4333 Murdy 212 634-7733 Oper 212 243-4243 Smith 212 436-6773 X 212 234-4444 5 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table emp; Table dropped. SQL>
</source>
Ordering data in the SELECT statement ascending
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
2 /
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------
01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2334.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 2334.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 2334.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- Ordering data in the SELECT statement ascending SQL> SQL> SELECT ID FROM Employee ORDER BY Last_Name ASC; ID
05 08 06 07 01 02 04 03 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped. SQL> SQL>
</source>
Ordering data in the SELECT statement descending
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
2 /
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------
01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2334.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 2334.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 2334.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- Ordering data in the SELECT statement descending SQL> SQL> SELECT ID FROM Employee ORDER BY Last_Name DESC; ID
03 04 02 01 07 06 08 05 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL>
</source>
Order the results by the average salary
<source lang="sql">
SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York", "Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
2 /
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------
01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- Order the results by the average salary SQL> SQL> SELECT city, AVG(salary)
2 FROM employee 3 WHERE salary < 5000 4 GROUP BY city 5 HAVING AVG(salary) > 1300 6 ORDER BY AVG(salary);
CITY AVG(SALARY)
-----------
Vancouver 1970.78 New York 4322.78 SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped. SQL> SQL>
</source>
Order two columns
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
2 ( employee_id number(10) not null, 3 last_name varchar2(50) not null, 4 email varchar2(30), 5 hire_date date, 6 job_id varchar2(30), 7 department_id number(10), 8 salary number(6), 9 manager_id number(6) 10 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1001, "Lawson", "lawson@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002","MGR", 30000,1 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1002, "Wells", "wells@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "DBA", 20000,2, 1005 );
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values( 1003, "Bliss", "bliss@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "PROG", 24000,3 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1004, "Kyte", "tkyte@a.ru", SYSDATE-3650, "MGR",25000 ,4, 1005);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1005, "Viper", "sdillon@a .ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 1, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
2 values( 1006, "Beck", "clbeck@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 2, null);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1007, "Java", "java01@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 3, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1008, "Oracle", "oracle1@g.ru", SYSDATE, "DBA", 20000, 4, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select * from employees; EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1001 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 MGR 1 30000 1004
1002 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 DBA 2 20000 1005
1003 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 PROG 3 24000 1004
1004 Kyte tkyte@a.ru 13-JUN-98 MGR 4 25000 1005
1005 Viper sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 1 20000 1006
1006 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 2 20000
1007 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 3 20000 1006
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1008 Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 DBA 4 20000 1006
8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> select last_name, job_id, salary
2 from employees 3 where salary > 12000 4 order by job_id, salary 5 /
LAST_NAME JOB_ID SALARY
------------------------------ ----------
Oracle DBA 20000 Wells DBA 20000 Kyte MGR 25000 Lawson MGR 30000 Viper PROG 20000 Beck PROG 20000 Java PROG 20000 LAST_NAME JOB_ID SALARY
------------------------------ ----------
Bliss PROG 24000 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table employees; Table dropped. SQL>
</source>
Query a number type column with order by desc
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
2 ( employee_id number(10) not null, 3 last_name varchar2(50) not null, 4 email varchar2(30), 5 hire_date date, 6 job_id varchar2(30), 7 department_id number(10), 8 salary number(6), 9 manager_id number(6) 10 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1001, "Lawson", "lawson@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002","MGR", 30000,1 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1002, "Wells", "wells@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "DBA", 20000,2, 1005 );
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values( 1003, "Bliss", "bliss@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "PROG", 24000,3 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1004, "Kyte", "tkyte@a.ru", SYSDATE-3650, "MGR",25000 ,4, 1005);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1005, "Viper", "sdillon@a .ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 1, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
2 values( 1006, "Beck", "clbeck@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 2, null);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1007, "Java", "java01@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 3, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1008, "Oracle", "oracle1@g.ru", SYSDATE, "DBA", 20000, 4, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select * from employees; EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1001 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 MGR 1 30000 1004
1002 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 DBA 2 20000 1005
1003 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 PROG 3 24000 1004
1004 Kyte tkyte@a.ru 13-JUN-98 MGR 4 25000 1005
1005 Viper sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 1 20000 1006
1006 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 2 20000
1007 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 3 20000 1006
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1008 Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 DBA 4 20000 1006
8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> select last_name, salary
2 from employees 3 where salary > 12000 4 order by salary desc 5 /
LAST_NAME SALARY
----------
Lawson 30000 Kyte 25000 Bliss 24000 Oracle 20000 Viper 20000 Beck 20000 Java 20000 LAST_NAME SALARY
----------
Wells 20000 8 rows selected. SQL> drop table employees; Table dropped. SQL> SQL>
</source>
Query specific columns with order by clause
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
2 ( employee_id number(10) not null, 3 last_name varchar2(50) not null, 4 email varchar2(30), 5 hire_date date, 6 job_id varchar2(30), 7 department_id number(10), 8 salary number(6), 9 manager_id number(6) 10 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1001, "Lawson", "lawson@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002","MGR", 30000,1 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1002, "Wells", "wells@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "DBA", 20000,2, 1005 );
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values( 1003, "Bliss", "bliss@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "PROG", 24000,3 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1004, "Kyte", "YourName@a.ru", SYSDATE-3650, "MGR",25000 ,4, 1005);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1005, "Dillon", "sdillon@a .ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 1, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
2 values( 1006, "Beck", "clbeck@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 2, null);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1007, "Java", "java01@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 3, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1008, "Oracle", "oracle1@g.ru", SYSDATE, "DBA", 20000, 4, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select * from employees; EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1001 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 MGR 1 30000 1004
1002 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 DBA 2 20000 1005
1003 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 PROG 3 24000 1004
1004 Kyte YourName@a.ru 13-JUN-98 MGR 4 25000 1005
1005 Dillon sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 1 20000 1006
1006 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 2 20000
1007 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 3 20000 1006
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1008 Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 DBA 4 20000 1006
8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> select job_id, salary
2 from employees 3 order by job_id;
JOB_ID SALARY
----------
DBA 20000 DBA 20000 MGR 30000 MGR 25000 PROG 20000 PROG 20000 PROG 20000 JOB_ID SALARY
----------
PROG 24000 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table employees; Table dropped. SQL>
</source>
Query the same column in where statement and order by clause
<source lang="sql">
SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
2 ( employee_id number(10) not null, 3 last_name varchar2(50) not null, 4 email varchar2(30), 5 hire_date date, 6 job_id varchar2(30), 7 department_id number(10), 8 salary number(6), 9 manager_id number(6) 10 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1001, "Lawson", "lawson@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002","MGR", 30000,1 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1002, "Wells", "wells@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "DBA", 20000,2, 1005 );
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values( 1003, "Bliss", "bliss@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "PROG", 24000,3 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1004, "Kyte", "tkyte@a.ru", SYSDATE-3650, "MGR",25000 ,4, 1005);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1005, "Viper", "sdillon@a .ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 1, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
2 values( 1006, "Beck", "clbeck@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 2, null);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1007, "Java", "java01@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 3, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1008, "Oracle", "oracle1@g.ru", SYSDATE, "DBA", 20000, 4, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select * from employees; EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1001 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 MGR 1 30000 1004
1002 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 DBA 2 20000 1005
1003 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 PROG 3 24000 1004
1004 Kyte tkyte@a.ru 13-JUN-98 MGR 4 25000 1005
1005 Viper sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 1 20000 1006
1006 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 2 20000
1007 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 3 20000 1006
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1008 Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 DBA 4 20000 1006
8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> select last_name, salary
2 from employees 3 where salary > 12000 4 order by salary 5 /
LAST_NAME SALARY
----------
Java 20000 Wells 20000 Oracle 20000 Viper 20000 Beck 20000 Bliss 24000 Kyte 25000 LAST_NAME SALARY
----------
Lawson 30000 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> drop table employees; Table dropped. SQL> SQL>
</source>
Specify ascending or descending for each column
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(
2 ID VARCHAR2(4 BYTE) NOT NULL, 3 First_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 4 Last_Name VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 5 Start_Date DATE, 6 End_Date DATE, 7 Salary Number(8,2), 8 City VARCHAR2(10 BYTE), 9 Description VARCHAR2(15 BYTE) 10 ) 11 /
Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values ("01","Jason", "Martin", to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto", "Programmer")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("02","Alison", "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("03","James", "Smith", to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("04","Celia", "Rice", to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("05","Robert", "Black", to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("06","Linda", "Green", to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("07","David", "Larry", to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"New York", "Manager")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)
2 values("08","James", "Cat", to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
3 /
1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee
2 /
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION
---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------
01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2334.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 2334.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 2334.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- Specify ascending or descending for each column SQL> SQL> SELECT ID, First_Name, Last_Name FROM Employee
2 ORDER BY Salary ASC, Description DESC;
ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME
---------- ----------
01 Jason Martin 02 Alison Mathews 03 James Smith 08 James Cat 05 Robert Black 06 Linda Green 07 David Larry 04 Celia Rice 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee
2 /
Table dropped. SQL> SQL>
</source>
Use aggregate function in order by clause
<source lang="sql">
SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employees
2 ( employee_id number(10) not null, 3 last_name varchar2(50) not null, 4 email varchar2(30), 5 hire_date date, 6 job_id varchar2(30), 7 department_id number(10), 8 salary number(6), 9 manager_id number(6) 10 );
Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary,department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1001, "Lawson", "lawson@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002","MGR", 30000,1 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values ( 1002, "Wells", "wells@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "DBA", 20000,2, 1005 );
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id ,manager_id)
2 values( 1003, "Bliss", "bliss@g.ru", "01-JAN-2002", "PROG", 24000,3 ,1004);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1004, "Kyte", "YourName@a.ru", SYSDATE-3650, "MGR",25000 ,4, 1005);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1005, "Dillon", "sdillon@a .ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 1, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id,manager_id)
2 values( 1006, "Beck", "clbeck@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 2, null);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1007, "Java", "java01@g.ru", SYSDATE, "PROG", 20000, 3, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employees( employee_id, last_name, email, hire_date, job_id, salary, department_id, manager_id)
2 values( 1008, "Oracle", "oracle1@g.ru", SYSDATE, "DBA", 20000, 4, 1006);
1 row created. SQL> SQL> select * from employees; EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1001 Lawson lawson@g.ru 01-JAN-02 MGR 1 30000 1004
1002 Wells wells@g.ru 01-JAN-02 DBA 2 20000 1005
1003 Bliss bliss@g.ru 01-JAN-02 PROG 3 24000 1004
1004 Kyte YourName@a.ru 13-JUN-98 MGR 4 25000 1005
1005 Dillon sdillon@a .ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 1 20000 1006
1006 Beck clbeck@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 2 20000
1007 Java java01@g.ru 10-JUN-08 PROG 3 20000 1006
EMPLOYEE_ID LAST_NAME EMAIL HIRE_DATE JOB_ID DEPARTMENT_ID SALARY MANAGER_ID
-------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ --------- ------------------------------ ------------- ---------- ----------
1008 Oracle oracle1@g.ru 10-JUN-08 DBA 4 20000 1006
8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> select job_id, avg(salary) avg_salary
2 from employees 3 group by job_id 4 order by avg(salary) desc 5 /
JOB_ID AVG_SALARY
----------
MGR 27500 PROG 21000 DBA 20000 3 rows selected. SQL> drop table employees; Table dropped. SQL>
</source>
