On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Keary Suska wrote:
> The following syntax, which works fine in 7.0.3, fails in 7.1.3:
>
> SELECT t1.col1, t2.col2 FROM table1 t1, table2 t2
> WHERE t1.col3 = t2.col4
> UNION
> SELECT t1.col1, NULL FROM table1 t1
> WHERE t1.col3 NOT IN (SELECT t2.col2 FROM table2 t2)
> ORDER BY t1.col1
>
>
> The above error goes away, but is replaced by "ERROR: ORDER BY on a
> UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT result must be on one of the result columns".
Is this
> a bug? It doesn't even work when using full table names instead of
aliases.
This is not a bug. Use aliases instaed or use the position number of the
column in the order by clause. Ex. ORDER BY 1
Regards
Herbie
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