MySQL - SELECT the name that comes first alphabetically

Question

I have started to learn MySQL.

Here is the table world:

+-------------+-----------+---------+
|    name     | continent |  area   |
+--         


        

Answer 1

If you need list each continent alphabetically, you have use

     SELECT * from world ORDER by continent

But, If you nedd list each country your have use

     SELECT * from world ORDER by name