Hi Dave, > Don't follow your question - you suggested I use the column name (with no > table name) as the ORDER BY. I said I can;t do this because I join on that > column name - this means any references to it MUST be qualified with a table > name.
Actually, I suggested to use "ORDER BY 1 ASC" With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL Server. Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com > Anyway - reported this as a 4.1.2 bug (on the grounds that it used to work > in 4.0.17) and have just been told the bug was in 4.0.17, which should not > have allowed this behaviour! > > > >Hi Dave, > > > > > Unfortunately species_id is a column I am using for joining so I need > >the > > > fully qualified name both in the SELECT and the ORDER BY. > > > >What does the join have to do with the ORDER BY? > > > >With regards, > > > >Martijn Tonies > >Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL > >Server. > >Upscene Productions > >http://www.upscene.com > > > > > >-- > >MySQL General Mailing List > >For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]