Order MySQL results without identifier?

To order MySQL results without identifier, the syntax is as follows −

select * from yourTableName order by 1 DESC LIMIT yourLimitValue;

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable1325    -> (    -> Id int,    -> Name varchar(20)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.69 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable1325 values(100,'Chris'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1325 values(101,'Bob'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.12 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1325 values(120,'David'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1325 values(115,'Sam'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1325 values(130,'Carol'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable1325 values(150,'Mike'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.15 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1325;

This will produce the following output −

+------+-------+ |  Id | Name | +------+-------+ |  100 | Chris | |  101 | Bob | |  120 | David | |  115 | Sam | |  130 | Carol | |  150 | Mike | +------+-------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to order MySQL results without identifier −

mysql> select * from DemoTable1325 order by 1 DESC LIMIT 4;

This will produce the following output

+------+-------+ | Id | Name | +------+-------+ | 150 | Mike | | 130 | Carol | | 120 | David | | 115 | Sam | +------+-------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)