In this section of Oracle sql,we will discuss about order by and distinct clause
Define a null value:
If a column in a table has no assigned value , then the column is said to be null for that row.
A null is a value that is unavailable,unassigned ,unknown. A null is not same as zero or space.
Zero is a number and space is a character
Some more points
1) Any datatype column can be null value
2) A primary key column is always not null
3)Any arithmetic expression containing the null, the result is null
Duplicate Rows and Distinct
The default display of select is all rows which may contains duplicate values
For examples
select * from emp;
It will return all the rows even some of them are duplicate
In some cases ,we dont want to see the duplicate rows,Sql has a clause to avoid it
Select distinct * from emp
The above query will not returns duplicate rows
How to display the table properties
Desc <table name >
It shows the table columnn, Null? and datatype
null? : If the column can have null value
datatype: it gives us the datatype of the column
Order by Clause
Order by clause sort the rows based on the column given. It could be asc or dsc . It comes last in the select statement
For example
select emp,salary from dept order by salary desc
It gives the output sorted by salary column in desc order ie. from max to low values
