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Sort NULL values to the end of a table

Is there a way with PostgreSQL to sort rows with NULL values in fields to the end of the selected table?

Like:

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY somevalue, PUT_NULL_TO_END
Solution

  • NULL values are sorted last in default ascending order. You don't have to do anything extra.

    The issue applies to descending order, which is the perfect inverse and thus sorts NULL values on top.
    PostgreSQL 8.3 introduced NULLS LAST:

    ORDER BY somevalue DESC NULLS LAST

    For PostgreSQL 8.2 and older or other RDBMS without this standard SQL feature:

    ORDER BY (somevalue IS NULL), somevalue DESC

    FALSE sorts before TRUE, so NULL values come last, just like in the example above.

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