Sorting multiple fields in MySQL

Question

I have a table with 2 fields DATE and IMPORTANCE. Now I want to sort both these fields in DESCENDING ORDER so that the rows are ordered by IMPORTANCE for EACH DATE. For ex

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM yourtable
ORDER BY `DATE` DESC, `IMPORTANCE` DESC

Answer 2

You can add as many fields to ORDER BY as you want.

That'd be something like:

SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY `date` DESC, `importance` DESC