SQL Practice Lesson 3 of 26

Sort and limit results

A raw query returns rows in whatever order the database feels like - which is rarely the order you actually want. ORDER BY fixes that: it sorts the result by one or more columns, ascending by default (ASC) or descending if you add DESC.

LIMIT trims the result down to a fixed number of rows. The two work together constantly - "top 5", "oldest first", "most recent 10" are all ORDER BY plus LIMIT. Order the rows the way you want, then cut off everything past the number you need.

Same users table as before: id, name, country, age.

Your task: return the name and age of the two oldest users, oldest first.

You'll practice:

Sorting results with ORDER BY column DESC
Capping the number of rows with LIMIT

-- Show the two oldest users' name and age, oldest first.
SELECT name, age FROM users;