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Sort By Multiple Columns

Use more than one sort key so ties are broken deterministically.

beginner ordering MySQL MariaDB SQL Server PostgreSQL SQLite

Sort Rows With ORDER BY

Control the order of result rows explicitly instead of relying on storage order.

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Use LIMIT Or TOP With ORDER BY For Stable Results

A row limit without an explicit sort can return different rows over time or across engines.