Python SQLite - ORDER BY Clause

Last Updated : 27 Apr, 2021

In this article, we will discuss ORDER BY clause in SQLite using Python. The ORDER BY statement is a SQL statement that is used to sort the data in either ascending or descending according to one or more columns. By default, ORDER BY sorts the data in ascending order.

DESC is used to sort the data in descending order.
ASC to sort in ascending order.

Syntax: SELECT column1,column2,., column n FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name ASC|DESC;

First, let's create a database.

Python3

# importing sqlite module
import sqlite3

# create connection to the database 
# geeks_database
connection = sqlite3.connect('geeks_database.db')

# create table named address of customers 
# with 4 columns id,name age and address
connection.execute('''CREATE TABLE customer_address
         (ID INT PRIMARY KEY     NOT NULL,
         NAME           TEXT    NOT NULL,
         AGE            INT     NOT NULL,
         ADDRESS        CHAR(50)); ''')

# close the connection
connection.close()

Output:

Now, Insert 5 records into the customer_address table.

Python3

# importing sqlite module
import sqlite3

# create connection to the database 
# geeks_database
connection = sqlite3.connect('geeks_database.db')

# insert records into table
connection.execute(
    "INSERT INTO customer_address VALUES (1, 'nikhil teja', 22, 'hyderabad' )")
connection.execute(
    "INSERT INTO customer_address VALUES (2, 'karthik', 25, 'khammam')")
connection.execute(
    "INSERT INTO customer_address VALUES (3, 'sravan', 22, 'ponnur' )")
connection.execute(
    "INSERT INTO customer_address VALUES (4, 'deepika', 25, 'chebrolu' )")
connection.execute(
    "INSERT INTO customer_address VALUES (5, 'jyothika', 22, 'noida')")

# close the connection
connection.close()

Output:

After creating the database and adding data to it let's see the use of order by clause.

Example 1: Display all details from the table in ascending order(default) based on address.

Python3

# importing sqlite module
import sqlite3

# create connection to the database
# geeks_database
connection = sqlite3.connect('geeks_database.db')

# sql query to display all details from 
# table in ascending order based on address.
cursor = connection.execute(
    "SELECT ADDRESS,ID from customer_address ORDER BY address DESC")

# display data row by row
for i in cursor:
    print(i)

# close the connection
connection.close()

Output:

Example 2: Display address and id based on the address in descending order.

Python3

# importing sqlite module
import sqlite3

# create connection to the database 
# geeks_database
connection = sqlite3.connect('geeks_database.db')

# sql query to display address and id
# based on address in descending order
cursor = connection.execute(
    "SELECT ADDRESS,ID from customer_address ORDER BY address DESC")

# display data row by row
for i in cursor:
    print(i)

# close the connection
connection.close()

Output:

Example 3: Display name and id based on name in descending order

Python3

# importing sqlite module
import sqlite3

# create connection to the database 
# geeks_database
connection = sqlite3.connect('geeks_database.db')

# sql query to display name and id based
# on name in descending order
cursor = connection.execute(
    "SELECT NAME,ID from customer_address ORDER BY NAME DESC")

# display data row by row
for i in cursor:
    print(i)

# close the connection
connection.close()