SQL Exercises: Arrange the orders according to the order date
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From the following table, write a SQL query to find all the orders. Sort the result-set in descending order by ord_date. Return all fields.
Sample table: orders
Sample Solution:
SELECT *
FROM orders
ORDER BY ord_date DESC;
Output of the Query:
ord_no purch_amt ord_date customer_id salesman_id 70010 1983.43 2012-10-10 3004 5006 70003 2480.40 2012-10-10 3009 5003 70002 65.26 2012-10-05 3002 5001 70001 150.50 2012-10-05 3005 5002 70009 270.65 2012-09-10 3001 5005 70008 5760.00 2012-09-10 3002 5001 70007 948.50 2012-09-10 3005 5002 70011 75.29 2012-08-17 3003 5007 70004 110.50 2012-08-17 3009 5003 70005 2400.60 2012-07-27 3007 5001 70012 250.45 2012-06-27 3008 5002 70013 3045.60 2012-04-25 3002 5001
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