Question

Is it possible to sort the data inside of an oracle table? Like ascending/descending via a certain column, alphabetically. Oracle 10g express.

Answer 1

You could try

Select *
from some_table
order by some_column asc

This will sort the results by some_column and place them in ascending order. Use desc instead of asc if you want descending order. Or did you mean to have the ordering in the physical storage itself?

I believe it’s possible to specify the ordering/sorting of an indexed column in storage. It’s probably closest to what you want. I don’t usually use this index sort feature, but for more info see: http://www.stanford.edu/dept/itss/docs/oracle/10g/server.101/b10759/statements_5010.htm#i2062718