order of records received in batches for batch class

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I have a batch class where i need to grab the records sequentially.

It looks like if i am querying regularly in salesforce and system.debugging the outputs, the records do not seem to be in any specific order.

If i change my query to order by name (which is an autonumber field) will this pass the records in the correct order to my class?

Edit:I have tested using order by and it orders each batch individually but it may run like

asked Mar 16, 2020 at 21:30

Tim Willis

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I've deleted my answer, since there's obviously something going on. My suggestion would be a Queueable that you chain in order to control record order.
– sfdcfox
Mar 17, 2020 at 16:33
could you give me a code example of that solution? I will write that and test it
– Tim Willis
Mar 17, 2020 at 16:34

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