documentationdesc¶
Description¶
Specify the ordering as descending when processing data.
This is used by ordered windowing functions (like lag and last), ordered aggregation functions (like array_agg) and the sort verb.
Return type¶
ordering
Domain¶
This is a scalar function (calculates a single output value for a single input row.)
Categories¶
Usage¶
desc(columnname)
Argument |
Type |
Optional |
Repeatable |
Restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
columnname |
ordering |
no |
no |
none |
Examples¶
sort desc(foo)
Sort the dataset in descending order by values in column foo.
statsby list:array_agg(username, desc(timestamp)), group_by(hostname)
Lists all users for each host, in order of descending timestamp within each
host assuming you have a table with columns timestamp, hostname and username.