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Fay Wang commented on OPENJPA-1817: ----------------------------------- Per JPA spec (Section4.14 BNF): orderby_clause ::= ORDER BY orderby_item {, orderby_item}* orderby_item ::= state_field_path_expression | result_variable [ ASC | DESC ] and upper(fieldname) is a functions_returning_strings: functions_returning_strings ::= CONCAT(string_primary, string_primary {, string_primary}*) | SUBSTRING(string_primary, simple_arithmetic_expression [, simple_arithmetic_expression]) | TRIM([[trim_specification] [trim_character] FROM] string_primary) | LOWER(string_primary) | UPPER(string_primary) The functions_returning_strings is not allowed in orderby_clause. > JPQL doens't support ORDER BY UPPER(fieldname) > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: OPENJPA-1817 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-1817 > Project: OpenJPA > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Alexander Karpov > Priority: Minor > > I tried to solve it myself > I have changed > \openjpa\openjpa-kernel\src\main\jjtree\org\apache\openjpa\kernel\jpql\JPQL.jjt > void orderby_extension() #ORDERBYEXTENSION : { } > { > aggregate_select_expression() > } > to > void orderby_extension() #ORDERBYEXTENSION : { } > { > aggregate_select_expression() | upper() > } > But afraid that it might break any other cases. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.