ORDER BY clause

Description

The ORDER BY clause sorts the result set of a query. (Redshift SQL Language Reference Order By Clause)

The ORDER BY clause is fully supported in Snowflake.

Grammar Syntax

[ ORDER BY expression [ ASC | DESC ] ]
[ NULLS FIRST | NULLS LAST ]
[ LIMIT { count | ALL } ]
[ OFFSET start ]

Sample Source Patterns

Input Code:

Redshift

IN -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE TABLE employee (
    id INT,
    name VARCHAR(20),
    manager_id INT,
    salary DECIMAL(10, 2)
);

INSERT INTO employee (id, name, manager_id, salary) VALUES
(100, 'Carlos', NULL, 120000.00),
(101, 'John', 100, 90000.00),
(102, 'Jorge', 101, 95000.00),
(103, 'Kwaku', 101, 105000.00),
(104, 'Paulo', 102, 110000.00),
(105, 'Richard', 102, 85000.00),
(106, 'Mateo', 103, 95000.00),
(107, 'Liu', 103, 108000.00),
(108, 'Zhang', 104, 95000.00);

SELECT id, name, manager_id, salary
INTO salaries
FROM employee
ORDER BY salary DESC NULLS LAST, name ASC NULLS FIRST
LIMIT 5                                        
OFFSET 2;

Results

ID	NAME	MANAGER_ID	SALARY
107	Liu	103	108000.00
103	Kwaku	101	105000.00
102	Jorge	101	95000.00
106	Mateo	103	95000.00
108	Zhang	104	95000.00

Output Code:

Snowflake

OUT -> Redshift_01.sql

CREATE TABLE employee (
    id INT,
    name VARCHAR(20),
    manager_id INT,
    salary DECIMAL(10, 2)
)
COMMENT = '{ "origin": "sf_sc", "name": "snowconvert", "version": {  "major": 0,  "minor": 0,  "patch": "0" }, "attributes": {  "component": "redshift",  "convertedOn": "02/06/2025",  "domain": "test" }}';

INSERT INTO employee (id, name, manager_id, salary) VALUES
(100, 'Carlos', NULL, 120000.00),
(101, 'John', 100, 90000.00),
(102, 'Jorge', 101, 95000.00),
(103, 'Kwaku', 101, 105000.00),
(104, 'Paulo', 102, 110000.00),
(105, 'Richard', 102, 85000.00),
(106, 'Mateo', 103, 95000.00),
(107, 'Liu', 103, 108000.00),
(108, 'Zhang', 104, 95000.00);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS salaries AS
    SELECT id, name, manager_id, salary
    FROM
        employee
    ORDER BY salary DESC NULLS LAST, name ASC NULLS FIRST
    LIMIT 5
    OFFSET 2;

Results

ID	NAME	MANAGER_ID	SALARY
107	Liu	103	108000.00
103	Kwaku	101	105000.00
102	Jorge	101	95000.00
106	Mateo	103	95000.00
108	Zhang	104	95000.00

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