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>>>>This is not the way it should work. Can you post some repro code?
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>>>There's mskb#
Q165410 that addresses this problem.
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>>That always kills me ... "Microsoft is researching the problem". About 10 years in this case. Ascending/Descending was a problem even in FPW (using 2+ Alias and the same table).
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>At least they don't give up <g>
Ha har ... I can see it now ... some MS software engineer ... chained to his desk ... long grey beard ... searching for the elusive ascending/descending bug ... sort of like the Count of Monte Cristo ... LOL