Lesson 9 / 28

ORDER BY & LIMIT

Sort results and cap how many rows come back.

Sorting rows

ORDER BY sorts ascending (ASC, default) or descending (DESC).

SELECT name, created_at FROM customers
ORDER BY created_at DESC;

Limiting rows

LIMIT caps the result count — useful for pagination with OFFSET.

SELECT name FROM customers
ORDER BY name
LIMIT 2 OFFSET 1;

Output:

name
Priya Nair
Rahul Mehta

Always ORDER before LIMIT

Without ORDER BY, row order isn't guaranteed — always sort explicitly before using LIMIT for predictable results.