CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

sequelize order by

Subtask.findAll({
  order: [
    // Will escape title and validate DESC against a list of valid direction parameters
    ['title', 'DESC'],

    // Will order by max(age)
    sequelize.fn('max', sequelize.col('age')),

    // Will order by max(age) DESC
    [sequelize.fn('max', sequelize.col('age')), 'DESC'],

    // Will order by  otherfunction(`col1`, 12, 'lalala') DESC
    [sequelize.fn('otherfunction', sequelize.col('col1'), 12, 'lalala'), 'DESC'],

    // Will order an associated model's createdAt using the model name as the association's name.
    [Task, 'createdAt', 'DESC'],

    // Will order through an associated model's createdAt using the model names as the associations' names.
    [Task, Project, 'createdAt', 'DESC'],

    // Will order by an associated model's createdAt using the name of the association.
    ['Task', 'createdAt', 'DESC'],

    // Will order by a nested associated model's createdAt using the names of the associations.
    ['Task', 'Project', 'createdAt', 'DESC'],

    // Will order by an associated model's createdAt using an association object. (preferred method)
    [Subtask.associations.Task, 'createdAt', 'DESC'],

    // Will order by a nested associated model's createdAt using association objects. (preferred method)
    [Subtask.associations.Task, Task.associations.Project, 'createdAt', 'DESC'],

    // Will order by an associated model's createdAt using a simple association object.
    [{model: Task, as: 'Task'}, 'createdAt', 'DESC'],

    // Will order by a nested associated model's createdAt simple association objects.
    [{model: Task, as: 'Task'}, {model: Project, as: 'Project'}, 'createdAt', 'DESC']
  ],

  // Will order by max age descending
  order: sequelize.literal('max(age) DESC'),

  // Will order by max age ascending assuming ascending is the default order when direction is omitted
  order: sequelize.fn('max', sequelize.col('age')),

  // Will order by age ascending assuming ascending is the default order when direction is omitted
  order: sequelize.col('age'),

  // Will order randomly based on the dialect (instead of fn('RAND') or fn('RANDOM'))
  order: sequelize.random()
});

Foo.findOne({
  order: [
    // will return `name`
    ['name'],
    // will return `username` DESC
    ['username', 'DESC'],
    // will return max(`age`)
    sequelize.fn('max', sequelize.col('age')),
    // will return max(`age`) DESC
    [sequelize.fn('max', sequelize.col('age')), 'DESC'],
    // will return otherfunction(`col1`, 12, 'lalala') DESC
    [sequelize.fn('otherfunction', sequelize.col('col1'), 12, 'lalala'), 'DESC'],
    // will return otherfunction(awesomefunction(`col`)) DESC, This nesting is potentially infinite!
    [sequelize.fn('otherfunction', sequelize.fn('awesomefunction', sequelize.col('col'))), 'DESC']
  ]
});