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SQL Exercise: Display orders after sorting orders by order number

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From the following table, write a SQL query to find all the orders. Sort the result-set in ascending order by ord_no. Return all fields.

Sample table: orders


Sample Solution:

SELECT * 
FROM orders 
ORDER BY ord_no;

Output of the Query:

ord_no	purch_amt	ord_date	customer_id	salesman_id
70001	150.50		2012-10-05	3005		5002
70002	65.26		2012-10-05	3002		5001
70003	2480.40		2012-10-10	3009		5003
70004	110.50		2012-08-17	3009		5003
70005	2400.60		2012-07-27	3007		5001
70007	948.50		2012-09-10	3005		5002
70008	5760.00		2012-09-10	3002		5001
70009	270.65		2012-09-10	3001		5005
70010	1983.43		2012-10-10	3004		5006
70011	75.29		2012-08-17	3003		5007
70012	250.45		2012-06-27	3008		5002
70013	3045.60		2012-04-25	3002		5001

Code Explanation:

The said SQL query retrieves all columns from the 'orders' table and returns the result sorted in ascending order based on the "ord_no" column. The "ORDER BY ord_no" clause sorts the rows in the result set based on the values in the ord_no column.

Relational Algebra Expression:

Relational Algebra Expression: Display the orders according to the order number arranged by ascending order.

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Relational Algebra Tree: Display the orders according to the order number arranged by ascending order.

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Syntax of display the order number arranged by ascending order

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