you are sorting a table using "order by"(descending) clause of
a column which contains a null value...whether that row
containing null value will come first or last in the output??

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you are sorting a table using "order by"(descending) clause of a column which contains ..

Answer / vignesh lakshmirajan

The column contains null value will come first.. COz oracle consider the null value as larger value in this case....

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you are sorting a table using "order by"(descending) clause of a column which contains ..

Answer / suman rana

if you are sorting a table using "order by"(descending)
clause of a column which contains a null value, row
containing null value will come first. Alternatively you can
use the clause "Nulls First" along with order by clause to
appear the Null values first.

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