How to reverse the default ordering in Mysql?

Question

In Mysql, when you execute a select SQL statement, there is a default ordering if you don\'t include a sorting clause, how to reverse the default ordering? Just add DE

Answer 1

Unless you can specify a column name in an ORDER BY clause, you can't use DESC, and you'll have to resort to tricks involving LIMIT to see the last few records.

This would be unsatisfactory, I think.