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Exercise 3-7

Now You Try It

Change the example above so that it is sorted in descending order. Specify DESC after the column name in the ORDER BY clause.

The result looks like this:

 EMP_ID  EMP_LNAME  ------  ---------    2174  Zander    3118  Wooding    5090  Wills    3411  Williams    3991  Wilkins    2424  Wilder    2106  Widman    3338  White    4962  White    3222  Voltmer    2898  Umidy    2781  Thurston    2437  Thompson    4456  Thompson    4001  Thompson    3449  Taylor    2299  Spade    2209  Smith    3341  Smith    3288  Sampson    4002  Roy    4358  Robinson    2010  Parker    3764  Park    3704  Moore    1234  Mills    4660  MacGregor    2448  Lynn    3767  Lowe    3199  Loren    2004  Johnson    3294  Johnson    2598  Jacobs    2246  Hamel    4703  Halloran    2894  Griffin    1034  Gallway    5008  Fordman    3778  Ferndale    5103  Ferguson    3769  Donelson    4773  Dexter    3841  Cromwell    3433  Crane    4027  Courtney    4008  Clark    2145  Catlin    2096  Carlson    3082  Brooks    4321  Bradley    2466  Bennett    1003  Baldwin    2461  Anderson    1765  Alexander    2180  Albertini  55 rows processed

If your results do not match what you see above, check Exercise 3-7 Answer in Review Answers for Chapter 3 for the correct SQL syntax. Remember that result tables may be shortened in this guide.