i dont think the order_by adds any overhead to a one-row result set. also, most scalar queries (although not that one you have there) do need an order_by since it typically is using LIMIT 1 to get just the first result, and the order_by makes that opertation deterministic (also in oracle, to get the "LIMIT" effect requires an order by).
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