Redshift order by DESC is not working

Question

hello,
i've a very simple query of the pattern SELECT timestamp_column FROM a_table WHERE columnID = 'column_value' ORDER BY timestamp_column DESC
the result set does not come back in descending order
i've rewritten this in many ways.
any ideas?
thanks!

Answer

I tested below and I see that ordering is properly applied highest to lowest.  Can you check if timestamp_column is defined as timestamp not string?

```
create table test_ts_order
(timestamp_column  timestamp);

insert into test_ts_order 
select getdate()
--wait few seconds
insert into test_ts_order 
select getdate()
--wait few seconds
insert into test_ts_order 
select getdate()
```

```
select * from test_ts_order order by timestamp_column desc;

```

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```
select version()
```

PostgreSQL 8.0.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3), Redshift 1.0.43331

Redshift order by DESC is not working

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