Biggest first

Scenario

You are a data analyst in the Finance team. ORDER BY sorts rows. DESC means start with the biggest.

Question

Write your code in the editor, look at the result, then try changing one small thing.

Your task

Write your code in the editor
Press Check my answer
Look at the result on the right

ORDER BY

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Intermediate · Record Counting & Average Calculations — question 1 of 30

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1. Choose your dataset

Pick an industry and a size. Your code and results change to match.

IndustrySize

sql editorpayments

Snippets

💡 Explain my whole code, line by line (hover any word in the editor for a tip)

🌈 In short — no coding words

📂 Opens the "payments" table→✅ Shows you the answer

Altogether: this query reads your industry table, picks what you need, and shows the answer as rows.

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Type your code here ↓Tap or click inside the box to start

✍️ Tap here to type

Dataset & schema

payments

IndustryDataset size

The tiny starter data. Bigger data scrolls.

Fields

payment_id	region	amount
P1	North	500
P2	South	200
P3	North	900
P4	East	300

Finance data only.

attempts: 0

▶ Output terminal

$ Press “Check my answer” — results appear here.

Your next steps

Each item turns green when your answer includes it.

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Uses ORDER BY
Uses DESC