Lester,

> > > I am using IB5.6.
> > > Sounds like a bug of some kind.
> > > Any thoughs?
> >
> > Hasn't anyone anything to say about it? Should I try to generate a
> > reproducible test case with the latest FB build and optionally submit a
> > bug report?
>
> If you are using IB5.6 have you tested with FB?

I will do it ASAP. I don't have a copy of FB at hand, but I guess any
IB6 build will do.

> I have got in the habit of including the field names that I want, and
> then using the column number for the ORDER BY.

My queries are massaged automatically to include filters and ordering; I
just can't go that way.

> Using * does seem to have
> some unnecessary baggage which being specific eliminates, but I never
> looked any further.

Yep; I didn't use * in the original version, the problem is there even
with a detailed column list.
Regards
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