Hi. This behaviour is described in http://www.mysql.com/doc/B/u/Bugs.html.
You can circumvent the behaviour with an temporary table for saving the intermediate result. Bye, Benjamin. On Sun, Sep 30, 2001 at 12:50:37PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > > I encountered a problem with a DISTINCT query (mySQL-3.23.42). I need to > order by a field not contained in the field set of the SELECT clause. The > following query works correctly: [...] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php