Basic SELECT statement: Get all details of all employees according to first name in descending

MySQL Basic Select Statement: Exercise-3 with Solution

Write a query to get the details of all employees according to first name in descending order.

Sample table: employees

Code:

SELECT * 
	FROM employees 
	ORDER BY first_name DESC;

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