db(...).select(orderby=~db.table.field.max())

should translate in "... ORDER BY MAX(table.field) DESC ...". Are you
saying it does not or are you mixing ~ with raw sql?

On Jan 22, 8:01 am, notabene <[email protected]> wrote:
> DESC: ORDER BY ~MAX(arrstart) result in a strange sorting!
> ASC: ORDER BY MAX(arrstart) works as expected:
> I can insert DESC in raw sql, but howto specify in db.select?
>
> SELECT arrdato.arrid, MAX(arrstart), COUNT(arrid) FROM arrdato WHERE
> ((arrdato.stedid=1 OR arrdato.arrangid=1) AND
> arrdato.arrstart<'2009-01-22 14:16:48') GROUP BY arrdato.arrid ORDER
> BY ~MAX(arrstart) LIMIT 10 OFFSET 0;
>
> Result
> [(3, u'2009-01-20 14:53:46', 1), (4, u'2009-01-14 16:56:11', 1), (5,
> u'2009-01-11 16:58:00', 1), (12, u'2009-01-20 13:08:00', 1), (15,
> u'2009-01-22 13:16:00', 1), (16, u'2009-01-20 13:34:00', 1), (1,
> u'2008-12-31 15:08:41', 1)]
>
> 3       2009-01-20 14:53:46
> 4       2009-01-14 16:56:11
> 5       2009-01-11 16:58:00
> 12      2009-01-20 13:08:00
> 15      2009-01-22 13:16:00
> 16      2009-01-20 13:34:00
> 1       2008-12-31 15:08:41
>
> SELECT arrdato.arrid, MAX(arrstart), COUNT(arrid) FROM arrdato WHERE
> ((arrdato.stedid=1 OR arrdato.arrangid=1) AND
> arrdato.arrstart<'2009-01-22 14:46:06') GROUP BY arrdato.arrid ORDER
> BY MAX(arrstart) LIMIT 10 OFFSET 0;
>
> Result
> [(1, u'2008-12-31 15:08:41', 1), (5, u'2009-01-11 16:58:00', 1), (4,
> u'2009-01-14 16:56:11', 1), (12, u'2009-01-20 13:08:00', 1), (16,
> u'2009-01-20 13:34:00', 1), (3, u'2009-01-20 14:53:46', 1), (15,
> u'2009-01-22 13:16:00', 1)]
>
> 1       2008-12-31 15:08:41
> 5       2009-01-11 16:58:00
> 4       2009-01-14 16:56:11
> 12      2009-01-20 13:08:00
> 16      2009-01-20 13:34:00
> 3       2009-01-20 14:53:46
> 15      2009-01-22 13:16:00
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