mysql sort descending

1SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY col1 ASC;				-- ASCending is default
2SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY col1 DESC;			-- DESCending
3SELECT * FROM table_name ORDER BY col1 DESC, col2 ASC;	-- col1 DESC then col2 ASC

1SELECT column_name(s) FROM table_name ORDER BY column_name(s) ASC|DESC 

1  
2 SELECT 
3   column_name1, column_name2, column_name3
4FROM 
5   table_name
6ORDER BY 
7   column_name1 [ASC|DESC], 
8   column_name2 [ASC|DESC],
9   ...;

1To get the sorted result from MySQL select statement we use order by clause with SELECT statement.
2
3Syntax:
4SELECT column_list FROM tablename ORDER BY column_name1 [ASC][DESC],column_name2 [ASC][DESC],...

1SELECT 
2   select_list
3FROM 
4   table_name
5ORDER BY 
6   column1 [ASC|DESC], 
7   column2 [ASC|DESC],
8   ...;