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Databases SQL Reporting by Example Orientation: Selecting Data Orientation Quiz

Posted by Stewart Mandla Kohlisa
Stewart Mandla Kohlisa
11,737 Points

NEED HELP

Return a list of employees ordered by salary with the highest at the top:

SELECT FIRST_NAME, LAST_NAME, SALARY FROM EMPLOYEES

1 Answer

Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points
Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points

I think I answered this one on your other question, but I'll stick it here too - what you want is: 

ORDER BY SALARY DESC

What you want to tell it to do is sort the salaries in descending order, since it asks for the highest one first.

Mariia Ashurova
Mariia Ashurova
10,913 Points

You are right!!!