Hi,

> > > 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"?
>
> I just tried this with isql and IBExpert and it is fine with both of
> them. The problem comes with my Delphi 7 / DBExpress application.

Could it be a client side problem then? Some client side component
that sorts the data?

Martijn Tonies
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