Multiple Columns In ORDER BY

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Multiple Columns In ORDER BY

Find employees with the highest salary, then ordering in alphabetical order. We want employee_id, last_name and salary from the employees table.
Tables
11 tables · 52 columns
customers7 cols
  • customer_idINTEGER
  • first_nameTEXT
  • last_nameTEXT
  • emailTEXT
  • cityTEXT
  • join_dateTEXT
  • phoneTEXT
departments3 cols
  • department_idINTEGER
  • department_nameTEXT
  • locationTEXT
employees6 cols
  • employee_idINTEGER
  • first_nameTEXT
  • last_nameTEXT
  • department_idINTEGER
  • hire_dateTEXT
  • salaryREAL
categories2 cols
  • category_idINTEGER
  • category_nameTEXT
products6 cols
  • product_idINTEGER
  • product_nameTEXT
  • category_idINTEGER
  • unit_priceREAL
  • stock_quantityINTEGER
  • creation_dateTEXT
orders6 cols
  • order_idINTEGER
  • customer_idINTEGER
  • employee_idINTEGER
  • order_dateTEXT
  • statusTEXT
  • total_amountREAL
order_items4 cols
  • order_idINTEGER
  • product_idINTEGER
  • quantityINTEGER
  • unit_priceREAL
suppliers4 cols
  • supplier_idINTEGER
  • supplier_nameTEXT
  • cityTEXT
  • products_suppliedTEXT
shipping_addresses6 cols
  • shipping_idINTEGER
  • order_idINTEGER
  • addressTEXT
  • cityTEXT
  • stateTEXT
  • postal_codeTEXT
inventory_movements5 cols
  • movement_idINTEGER
  • product_idINTEGER
  • change_quantityINTEGER
  • movement_dateTEXT
  • reasonTEXT
cities3 cols
  • city_idINTEGER
  • city_nameTEXT
  • stateTEXT
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