python-mysqlHow can I use the "order by" statement in Python to sort data in a MySQL database?

The ORDER BY statement in Python can be used to sort data in a MySQL database. The syntax for using ORDER BY is as follows: SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name [ASC|DESC];.

The ORDER BY statement is used to sort the results of a SELECT statement in either ascending or descending order. The ASC keyword is used to sort the results in ascending order, while the DESC keyword is used to sort the results in descending order.

For example, the following code block can be used to sort a table of student grades in descending order:

SELECT * FROM student_grades ORDER BY grade DESC;

The output of the above code would be a list of student grades sorted in descending order.

Code explanation

• SELECT * FROM: This part of the code tells the database to select all data from the table.
• table_name: This is the name of the table from which the data is to be selected.
• ORDER BY: This part of the code tells the database to sort the results of the SELECT statement.
• column_name: This is the name of the column by which the data is to be sorted.
• [ASC|DESC]: This part of the code tells the database to sort the results in either ascending or descending order.

Helpful links

• MySQL ORDER BY Clause
• MySQL SELECT Statement

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