Ordering

Ordering can be performed on any field, though it is recommended to only order by indexed fields for improved performance.

Order is defined using a field module's order function, which takes a prisma_client_rust::Direction. It can be performed on find_first and find_many queries, as well as being chained onto fetch calls for many relations in a similar manner to relation pagination.

The examples use the following schema:

generator client {
    provider = "cargo prisma"
    output = "src/prisma.rs"
}
 
model Post {
    id        String   @id @default(cuid())
    createdAt DateTime @default(now())
    updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
    published Boolean
    title     String
    content   String?
    desc      String?
 
    comments Comment[]
}
 
model Comment {
    id        String   @id @default(cuid())
    createdAt DateTime @default(now())
    content   String
 
    post   Post   @relation(fields: [postID], references: [id])
    postID String
}

Indexed Fields

The following exaple will be order posts by id from lowest to highest

use prisma::post;
use prisma_client_rust::Direction;
 
let posts: Vec<post::Data> = client
    .post()
    .find_many(vec![])
    .order_by(post::id::order(SortOrder::Asc))
    .exec()
    .await
    .unwrap();

Non-Indexed Fields

The following example will be order posts by created_at, even though it is not an indexed field.

use prisma::post;
use prisma_client_rust::Direction;
 
let posts: Vec<post::Data> = client
    .post()
    .find_many(vec![])
    .order_by(post::created_at::order(SortOrder::Asc))
    .exec()
    .await
    .unwrap();

Combining With Pagination

The following example will order all post records and then paginate a selection of them.

use prisma::post;
use prisma_client_rust::Direction;
 
let posts: Vec<post::Data> = client
    .post()
    .find_many()
    .order_by(post::created_at::order(SortOrder::Desc))
    .cursor(post::id::equals("abc".to_string()))
    .take(5)
    .exec()
    .await
    .unwrap();

Select & Include Create Queries