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ORDER BY, DISTINCT and Top-N Results

By Ravindra Bagale Last updated: 31 October 2026

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ORDER BY and Top-N. Managers often ask for the biggest orders or for a list of unique cities.

Revision card How do you get the top 5 orders by amount? Sort by amount from biggest to smallest with ORDER BY amount DESC, then add LIMIT 5.

How do you get the top 5 orders by amount? Sort by amount from biggest to smallest with ORDER BY amount DESC, then add LIMIT 5.

Interview card DISTINCT vs ORDER BY. DISTINCT removes repeated values, so each value shows once. ORDER BY puts the rows in sorted order.

DISTINCT vs ORDER BY. DISTINCT removes repeated values, so each value shows once. ORDER BY puts the rows in sorted order.

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