Re: [Firebird-docs] langref ORDER BY incorrect caution

2020-05-31 Thread Paul Vinkenoog
Hello Mark, >>> Any objections if I just remove this caution in the new version? >> >> No, please correct this. I sometimes use expressions for ordering >> levels, e.g. with IIF or DECODE constructs that return, say, the >> numbers 1, 2 and 3, and they do the expected thing in Fb 2.5 and 3, >>

Re: [Firebird-docs] langref ORDER BY incorrect caution

2020-05-31 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 31-05-2020 18:37, Paul Vinkenoog wrote: Mark Rotteveel wrote: Any objections if I just remove this caution in the new version? No, please correct this. I sometimes use expressions for ordering levels, e.g. with IIF or DECODE constructs that return, say, the numbers 1, 2 and 3, and they do

Re: [Firebird-docs] langref ORDER BY incorrect caution

2020-05-31 Thread Paul Vinkenoog
Mark Rotteveel wrote: > While going over the language reference to do some manual fixes, I came > across the following caution (see > https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/fblangref25-en/html/fblangref25-dml-select.html#fblangref25-dml-select-orderby-unions > > """ >

[Firebird-docs] langref ORDER BY incorrect caution

2020-05-31 Thread Mark Rotteveel
While going over the language reference to do some manual fixes, I came across the following caution (see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/fblangref25-en/html/fblangref25-dml-select.html#fblangref25-dml-select-orderby-unions """ Expressions whose calculation results