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TEST SQL COURSE E2E
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bookSorting by Multiple Columns

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We can also sort by several columns. We need to specify the column names separated by commas. Letโ€™s look at the example that retrieves three columns and sorts the results by two of them - first by population and then by capital.

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SELECT ID, population, capital FROM country ORDER BY population, capital;
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Retrieve four columns using the SELECT statement, namely: continent, region, population, and capital (please retrieve these columns in this order). Then, sort the result by two of them - first by continent, then by population.

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