MySQL multiple column asc order

Question

I am trying to run this query in ascending order:

SELECT title,project_index 
FROM projectdetail  
WHERE project_index BETWEEN 1 AND 6 
ORDER BY title, project_index ASC;

I need two columns in ascending order, but the above query returns results with only one column in ASC order.

Answer 1

Ascending order is the default for most (if not all) DBMS's so your statement is kind of weird in that respect but nevertheless, you can specify an order for each individual column by adding the specifier ASC or DESC to it.

Your statement then would become

SELECT  title
        , project_index 
FROM    projectdetail 
WHERE   project_index BETWEEN 1 AND 6 
ORDER BY 
        title ASC
        , project_index ASC

Edit

As been mentioned by @Arvo & @Dems, currently you are sorting first on title and for identical titles on project_index. If you want your project_index sorted first, you have to place it first in the ORDER BY clause.

Your statement then becomes

SELECT  title
        , project_index 
FROM    projectdetail 
WHERE   project_index BETWEEN 1 AND 6 
ORDER BY 
        project_index ASC
        , title ASC

and because ASC is the default sort order, you can omit them alltogether

SELECT  title
        , project_index 
FROM    projectdetail 
WHERE   project_index BETWEEN 1 AND 6 
ORDER BY 
        project_index
        , title

Answer 2

If you are using mysql, check this out.

As they say there, you can use SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY key_part1 DESC, key_part2 ASC;