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= orderBy() =
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[[MongoDB Driver Function Reference]]


Sorts a result set by the fields specified.


[[[@cG

<cursor>.orderBy(<field>[ asc|desc][,...])

]]]


**Arguments**

[[[@w

|@t0@r0@c0 <cursor> | | A result set. |
| <field> | | A field name. |
| asc | | Sorts the result ascending set by the given field. |
| desc | | Sorts the result desscending set by the given field. |

]]]


**Returns**

[[[@w

Returns a result set (cursor).

]]]


**Example**

[[[@cw

db.employees.find().select().orderBy("age" asc, "salary" desc);

]]]

Orders all employees ascending by age, then descending by salary.




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