Periods are not allowed in field names.
Dave Juntgen wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, It seems as though I am unable to perform an order by with a
> DATETIME field when the column is named as an alias. For example...
>
> SELECT DATE_FORMAT(service_date,'%m-%d-%Y') AS 'Serv. Date' FROM documents
> ORDER by 'Serv. Date' DESC LIMIT 0,10;
>
> Can anyone give me an explanation?
>
> Thanks,
> --Dave J.
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> Dave W. Juntgen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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