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Can I sort column having varchar field alphabetically?

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Old July 14th, 2000, 06:27 AM
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I have got a table with column field "varchar" type storing name of the users. I would like to display their names alphabetically either ascending or descending. How to do this?
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select * from table_name order by field_name [asc|desc]
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Old July 14th, 2000, 08:37 AM
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