ORDER BY in PostgreSQL Queries || Sorting Rows in PostgreSQL || PostgreS...

Welcome to video #39 in our PostgreSQL Full Playlist! 🎬 In this tutorial, we dive deep into one of the most essential clauses in SQL: the ORDER BY clause.

You'll learn how to sort query results in PostgreSQL based on one or more columns, expressions, and aliases. We also explain how to handle NULL values using NULLS FIRST and NULLS LAST, sort using column positions, and apply ORDER BY in advanced cases such as UNION, CTEs, and window functions.

Whether you're preparing for interviews, writing production queries, or optimizing reports and dashboards, understanding ORDER BY is critical for clear and consistent output.

We demonstrate everything with real examples and walkthroughs, using a practical employees table. This lesson also includes tips on performance, index use, and sorting text data with collation.

🎯 Topics Covered:

• Basic ascending and descending sorting

• Sorting by expressions like salary + bonus

• Handling NULLs explicitly

• Using column aliases and positions in ORDER BY

• ORDER BY with UNION, DISTINCT, and LIMIT/OFFSET

• Sorting randomly with RANDOM()

• Analytical queries using RANK() with OVER

• Performance tips using EXPLAIN

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📌 Stay tuned for the next episode: LIMIT and OFFSET in PostgreSQL Queries