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1Z0-071 · Question #27

Which statement is true regarding the default behavior of the ORDER BY clause?

The correct answer is A. In a character sort, the values are case-sensitive. Character Strings and Dates Character strings and date values are enclosed with single quotation marks. Character values are case-sensitive and date values are format-sensitive. The default date display format is DD-MON-RR.

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Question

Which statement is true regarding the default behavior of the ORDER BY clause?

Options

  • AIn a character sort, the values are case-sensitive
  • BNULL values are not considered at all by the sort operation
  • COnly those columns that are specified in the SELECT list can be used in the ORDER BY clause
  • DNumeric values are displayed from the maximum to the minimum value if they have decimal

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    81% (25)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    10% (3)
  • D
    6% (2)

Explanation

Character Strings and Dates Character strings and date values are enclosed with single quotation marks. Character values are case-sensitive and date values are format-sensitive. The default date display format is DD-MON-RR.

Topics

#ORDER BY default behavior#character sort#NULL sort order#numeric sort

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