> This query produces the expected result, which is the records in
> descending time order:
>
> SELECT RXSTAMP FROM RXOLDREQUESTRECORDS ORDER BY RXSTAMP DESC
>
> this one doesn't, the records are in ascending order:
>
> SELECT RXSTAMP FROM RXOLDREQUESTRECORDS ORDER BY 1 DESC
>
> (RXSTAMP is a TIMESTAMP)
>
> Can anyone suggest why? A similar query I have contains a union so
> using the first form is not possible...

Can you reproduce this problem in the command line tool "isql"?

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