Is orthogonal diagonalization of real symmetric matrix unique for each eigenvalues' permutation?

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$C$: real symmetric matrix ($C \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n})$

$C=PDP^{-1}$ (orthogonal diagonalization of $C$)
$P$: orthogonal matrix whose column vectors are eigenvectors of $C$
$D$: diagonal matrix whose main diagonals are eigenvalues of $C$

Is orthogonal diagonalization $C=PDP^{-1}$ is unique for each $D$(each eigenvalues' permutation)?

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Counterexample:

$ \begin{pmatrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix} $
$ \begin{pmatrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{pmatrix} \begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix} $

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of $ \begin{pmatrix} a & 0 \\ 0 & b \end{pmatrix} $ are
$ \lambda_1=a, x_1=(t, 0) \\ \lambda_2=b, x_2=(0, k) \\ t, k \in \mathbb{R} $

So orthogonal diagonalization for each eigenvalues' permutaion is not unique.