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ORDER BY sorts query results in ascending or descending order.
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ORDER BY sorts query results. ASC (ascending, default) or DESC (descending). ORDER BY multiple columns: ORDER BY last_name ASC, first_name ASC. NULL values sort last in ASC (NULLS LAST) by default. Use NULLS FIRST or NULLS LAST to control. Without ORDER BY, PostgreSQL makes no guarantee about result order - never assume rows come back in insert order.
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