Question

I have a database and I want to sort it. I came across several code that selects a sorted data but does not modify the database in itself.
I came across..

So how do I sort a database?

Answer 1

If you mean by ‘sort a database’ to simple sort a table,

1. Create temp table as sorted select, eg you have unsorted table1 a you want to sort it by column1 then do this:

   CREATE TABLE temp_table1 
   AS SELECT * 
   FROM table1 
   ORDER BY column1;
   

2. Drop the original table.

3. Rename temp_table1 to table1.