How can I sort the rows in a meaningful way?

To sort the rows in a meaningful way, we can use the ORDER BY clause. Suppose we want to sort the rows of the following table −

mysql> Select * from Student;
+--------+--------+--------+
| Name   | RollNo | Grade  |
+--------+--------+--------+
| Gaurav |    100 | B.tech |
| Aarav  |    150 | M.SC   |
| Aryan  |    165 | M.tech |
+--------+--------+--------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The following query sorts the table by ‘Name’.

mysql> Select * from student order by name;
+--------+--------+--------+
| Name   | RollNo | Grade  |
+--------+--------+--------+
| Aarav  |    150 | M.SC   |
| Aryan  |    165 | M.tech |
| Gaurav |    100 | B.tech |
+--------+--------+--------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

The query below sorts the table by 'Grade'.

mysql> Select * from student order by Grade;
+--------+--------+--------+
| Name   | RollNo | Grade  |
+--------+--------+--------+
| Gaurav |    100 | B.tech |
| Aarav  |    150 | M.SC   |
| Aryan  |    165 | M.tech |
+--------+--------+--------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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