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    Need Help with an Exam question PLEASE

    Explain the function of this request : "SELECT Name, ProductNumber, ListPrice AS Price FROM Production.Product ORDER BY Name ASC;" and rewrite the same request with a descendent order.

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    before providing an answer - what do you think it means?

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    I assume it's a grid that lists the products, their prices etc..?

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    pretty close - your reference to 'grid' and the construction of the table name implies this is not access sql. In access it would be referred to as a view or a query

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    Appreciated, how about the second half of the question?

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    For bonus marks, tell the exam writer than as a field name, "Name" sucks because it's a reserved word.
    Then again, maybe not quite in that terminology...
    The more we hear silence, the more we begin to think about our value in this universe.
    Paraphrase of Professor Brian Cox.

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    ORDER BY Name ASC

    ORDER BY Name DESC
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