How to order MySQL rows by multiple columns?

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable    -> (    -> FirstName varchar(20),    -> LastName varchar(20)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.44 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John','Smith'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.35 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Chris','Brown'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.37 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Carol','Taylor'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David','Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.24 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

Output

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+----------+ | FirstName | LastName | +-----------+----------+ | John      | Smith    | | Chris     | Brown    | | Carol     | Taylor   | | David     | Miller   | +-----------+----------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Following is the query to order MySQL rows by multiple columns −

mysql> select *from DemoTable order by FirstName,LastName

Output

This will produce the following output −

+-----------+----------+ | FirstName | LastName | +-----------+----------+ | Carol     | Taylor   | | Chris     | Brown | | David     | Miller | | John      | Smith | +-----------+----------+ 4 rows in set (0.24 sec)