is it necessary to write group by and order by clause together

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is it necessary to write group by and order by clause together..

Answer / guest

No it is not necessary.

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is it necessary to write group by and order by clause together..

Answer / suman

No Required.

Group by is grouping the records

but Order by mention the data should be desc or asc order.

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is it necessary to write group by and order by clause together..

Answer / madhav

yes,
select deptno,sum(sal) from emp group by deptno;
(it displays ascending order)
when we want to display the descending order,we need order
by clause and group clause.
select deptno,sum(sal) from emp group by deptno order by
deptno desc
(it displays the descending order)

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