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Re: Popular affiliates query problem

From: Lee Fesperman <firstsql_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:17:25 -0800
Message-ID: <3BFF4985.36A7@ix.netcom.com>


Jonathan Leffler wrote:
>
> FWIW: Informix does not yet allow you to order by a column that is not in
> the select-list. This adheres to the letter of at least one of the old
> SQL standards -- I believe it conforms to entry-level SQL-92, but I'd
> accept a correction that said "No, SQL-89, meaning SQL-86 plus referential
> integrity addendum".

All levels of SQL-92 require that each ORDER BY column be in the select-list.

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