Sort, Filter, and Order Realtime Database Queries
Learn to sort, filter, and order database queries.
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We may need to retrieve ordered or filtered data to use on our application. We can use the Realtime Database query
function to sort data by key, value, or the child value. Similarly, the query
function provides a range of options to filter data. This function takes the query instance as its first parameter, followed by a comma-separated list of query constraints to be applied.
Sort data
To sort data, we must first specify an order method. The Firebase Realtime Database provides three orderBy
functions to retrieve sorted data. These are as follows:
orderByChild
: This function allows us to order