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From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Ordering problem with varchar (DESC)
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Msg-id 20070131173236.GA30149@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Ordering problem with varchar (DESC)  (Alexandre Leclerc <aleclerc@ipso.ca>)
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am  Wed, dem 31.01.2007, um 10:46:17 -0500 mailte Alexandre Leclerc folgendes:
> Hi all,
>
> We have a column (varchar) that has plain text time and it is indexed.
>
> How can I fix that so that the result is exactly like the first one but
> perfectly reversed in it's order?

Use the right data-typ for your data, in this case TIMESTAMP. Then you
can order this data likewise reverse and get a performance boost by the
way...

Andreas
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