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Databases

The ____ keyword is used after the ORDER BY clause to order dates from the most recent to the furthest back in time.

The ____ keyword is used after the ORDER BY clause to order dates from the most recent to the furthest back in time.

Whats the answer?

This is an old thread, but it previously contained a number of other answers. However, they all just explicitly gave the correct answer without explanation of why it's correct, which is frowned upon in the Community. There was only one standout as being a good one, so I've left it and marked it as best

2 Answers

You have the two keywords:

  • ASC - order from lowest to highest alphabetically or numerically, or oldest time to newest time
  • DESC - vice versa

ASC