mysql> select name,vorname,age from sortorder order by name asc,vorname asc ,age desc; +--------+-----------+------+ | name | vorname | age | +--------+-----------+------+ | Koeppe | Alexander | 21 | | Koeppe | Herbert | 44 | | Koeppe | Katjana | 43 | | Koeppe | Katjana | 42 | | Lutz | Herbert | 44 | +--------+-----------+------+ 5 rows in set (0.02 sec) mysql>