Sorting data in a query

Hello Experts,
       In my report I have calender month 'Rate' details based on different entities. Is their a way to sort the Rate in descending or ascending order.
Ex:
            abc company        xyz company
CalMonth   Num Den   Rate    Num   Den   Rate
jan         2    3     57      5      1    35
feb         3    5     96      3      4    15
mar         8    1     23      7      3    46
any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Nikki

Hi Nikki,
I suppose your query looks like this
Comp code1 1.000
            0.941
            0.813
            0.790
Comp code2 0.805
            0.781
            0.762
Comp code3 0.789
            0.776
Comp code4 0.786
            0.777
If ths is true you would be better following Bhanus approach if you want it sorted irrespective of Comp code or try to pay around with the selection of characteristics to which the condition applies..
Hope this helps
Ashish.

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I get problem to retrieve data in the right order from table in database SQL.
See code attached: code.png
I want to sort data according to ID number And then to retrieve those data and fill out a ring control in the right order "descending" .
But i got always ID 2 instead of 1. See attached picture : control.png
it seems that the select statement (see under) is not woking properly. But it is working well in a query in Access DataBase .
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Lionel.
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Hello Lionel,
According to the document Robert linked, the prototype of DBActivateSQL() is:
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Probably your intention is to substitute %s with szTableName, but that's not what it happens.
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import java.math.*;
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