DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 TINYINT NOT NULL, c2 TINYINT NOT NULL, c3 TINYINT NOT NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(1,2,2),(2,1,1); ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c1,c2,c3; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1 DESC; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` tinyint(4) NOT NULL, `c2` tinyint(4) NOT NULL, `c3` tinyint(4) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 SMALLINT NOT NULL, c2 SMALLINT NOT NULL, c3 SMALLINT NOT NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(1,2,2),(2,1,1); ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c1,c2,c3; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1 DESC; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` smallint(6) NOT NULL, `c2` smallint(6) NOT NULL, `c3` smallint(6) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 MEDIUMINT NOT NULL, c2 MEDIUMINT NOT NULL, c3 MEDIUMINT NOT NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(1,2,2),(2,1,1); ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c1,c2,c3; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1 DESC; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` mediumint(9) NOT NULL, `c2` mediumint(9) NOT NULL, `c3` mediumint(9) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 INT NOT NULL, c2 INT NOT NULL, c3 INT NOT NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(1,2,2),(2,1,1); ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c1,c2,c3; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1 DESC; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` int(11) NOT NULL, `c2` int(11) NOT NULL, `c3` int(11) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 INTEGER NOT NULL, c2 INTEGER NOT NULL, c3 INTEGER NOT NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(1,2,2),(2,1,1); ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c1,c2,c3; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1 DESC; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` int(11) NOT NULL, `c2` int(11) NOT NULL, `c3` int(11) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test CREATE TABLE t1(c1 BIGINT NOT NULL, c2 BIGINT NOT NULL, c3 BIGINT NOT NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(1,2,2),(2,1,1); ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c1,c2,c3; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 ALTER TABLE t1 ORDER BY c3,c2,c1 DESC; SELECT * FROM t1; c1 c2 c3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `c2` bigint(20) NOT NULL, `c3` bigint(20) NOT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test