Order a MySQL table by two columns

Question

How can I able to sort a MySQL table by two columns?

What I need are the articles sorted by the highest ratings first, then the most recent date. As an example, this would be a sample output (left # is the rating, then the article title, then the article date)

50 | This article rocks          | Feb 4, 2009

35 | This article is pretty good | Feb 1, 2009

5  | This Article isn't so hot   | Jan 25, 2009

The relevant SQL I'm using is:

 ORDER BY article_rating, article_time DESC

I can be able to sort it by one or the other, but not the both. 

Answer 1

The default sorting will be the ascending, you would be needing to add the keyword DESC to both your orders:

ORDER BY article_rating DESC, article_time DESC

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