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echo: os2prog
to: Peter Garner
from: Peter Fitzsimmons
date: 1996-08-09 15:16:40
subject: DB2

PF> Since you can never assume anything about the 
PF> sequence of an SQL result PF> set....

 PG> Why is that?  I since I am including the clause :

 PG>         order by process_date desc

But if there are two with the same date,  you can not assume which will
come first;  indeed,  they two may change places on subsequent queries.


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