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Most of the times, when it comes to sort some data, we have two options:
When would you use one over the other and why?
Always sort where possible in the SQL server.
The SQL abstracts away the steps of querying the database, sorting, etc. Use as much abstraction as you can – why would you select a bunch of rows, and then write a sorting algorithm when you can do it in the SQL with
ORDER BY.See also Bill Karwin’s answer.