The Order By clause in a SQL Select statement will put the rows of the result set
in a specified order.
The Order By clause contains one field name, or several field names separated
by commas. If there are several field names, the major sort order starts with the first field
name and works on down through the list of field names. The default sorting order for field names
of any data type is Ascending (lowest to highest in numeric order and not case-sensitive alphabetic
order for strings). You can specify descending order for any field in the Order By clause with
the keyword DESC after the field name. In the following example, you order the employees by
hire date (in Descending order), and then by last name: Select * From Employees Order By
[Hire Date] DESC, [Last åName]
Although the default sorting order is Ascending order, you may specify Ascending
order for clarity with the ASC keyword.
NOTE - Wildcard Characters Can Vary: The version
of SQL in VB (known as "Jet SQL") uses different wildcard characters from the
wildcard characters of standard SQL ("ANSI SQL"). In ANSI SQL, the single-character
wildcard is the underscore (_), and the multicharacter wildcard is the percentage
symbol (%). In Jet SQL, the wildcard is ? for single characters and * for multiple
characters, the same as the wildcard characters used for filename specification
in the DOS operating system.
