Multiple level ordering

I have a table with some records with fields like name, rating etc.

I first want to sort based on rating limiting results to 20 and then on this resultset want to further apply sort based on name.

I know to sort we need to use the query like

Select * from table order by rating Desc limit 20

but on this resultset how to apply another level of ordering? How can I combine these two sorts in one sqlite statement?

Solution 1:

You could use e.g. ORDER BY rating DESC, name ASC to sort by rating and then, if the ratings are equal, by name.

This query should do the trick:

SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY rating DESC LIMIT 20) ORDER BY name