Default Sorting ascending or descending

Ascending and Descending Orders Ascending order is the default sort order in Excel. This means that when you sort a column of data, the smallest value will appear at the top of the column, with the largest value appearing at the bottom.

1. What is default sorting order?
2. What is the default sorting mode in SQL?
3. Is descending order newest to oldest?
4. Is descending order A to Z or Z to A?

What is default sorting order?

The default sort order in MySQL tables is ascending. Whenever we use ORDER BY clause to sort out the rows of a table, MySQL gives output in ascending order, with the smallest value first.

What is the default sorting mode in SQL?

The SQL ORDER BY Keyword

The ORDER BY keyword is used to sort the result-set in ascending or descending order. The ORDER BY keyword sorts the records in ascending order by default.

Is descending order newest to oldest?

Descending order is the opposite of ascending order, from lowercase z to uppercase A for character types, and from highest to lowest for numeric data types. DATE and DATETIME data is sorted from latest to earliest, and INTERVAL data is ordered from longest to shortest span of time.

Is descending order A to Z or Z to A?

Ascending means going up, so an ascending sort will arrange numbers from smallest to largest and text from A to Z. Descending means going down, or largest to smallest for numbers and Z to A for text.