How to Order by Month Name in SQL

To order your data by month name in SQL, use the ORDER BY clause in your SQL query.

This clause allows you to specify the order in which you want the data to be returned. To order by month name, you can use the MONTHNAME() function.

For example, if you wanted to order the data in your users table by month name, you would use the following query:

SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY MONTHNAME(date_of_birth);

Examples

Let's look at a few examples of how this function can be used. Suppose you have a table called users with the following data:

users
namedate_of_birth
John2020-01-01
Jane2020-02-01
John2020-03-01
Bob2020-04-01

If you wanted to order the data in this table by month name, you would use the following query:

SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY MONTHNAME(date_of_birth);

This query would return the following data:

users
namedate_of_birth
John2020-01-01
Jane2020-02-01
John2020-03-01
Bob2020-04-01

Additional Info

The ORDER BY clause is supported by most major databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. However, the syntax may vary slightly depending on the database you are using. For more information, check out the documentation for your particular database. 🤓

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