Multiple fields can be specified for the ORDER BY
clause, in either ASCending or DESCending order.
For example, using the http://stackoverflow.com/documentation/sql/280/example-databases/1207/item-sales-table#t=201607211314066434211 table, we can return a query that sorts by SaleDate in ascending order, and Quantity in descending order.
SELECT ItemId, SaleDate, Quantity
FROM [Item Sales]
ORDER BY SaleDate ASC, Quantity DESC
Note that the ASC
keyword is optional, and results are sorted in ascending order of a given field by default.