Helen,

> You want to return a descending set that has its rows in ascending
> order, don't you? :-) With derived table support in Fb 2.0, it is
> doable (if horrible!)

Why do you say horrible?

I have been using derived tables and they are dream!!!

They've simplified my life more times than I can remember.

IMHO, they are the best feature that has been added to
Firebird/Interbase since I first started with IB (12+ years ago)


Sean