Hi Craig, is there a typo in the spec (page 281, August 10, 2005) in JDOQL BNF? Should "OrderingSpecifications" be replaced by "OrderingSpecs" ? Please see below: OrderingClause: OrderingSpecifications ,opt OrderingSpecs: OrderingSpec OrderingSpecs , OrderingSpec OrderingSpec: Expression Ascending Expression Descending Regards, Michael -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Watzek Tech@Spree Engineering GmbH mailto:mwa.tech@spree.de Buelowstr. 66 Tel.: ++49/30/235 520 36 10783 Berlin - Germany Fax.: ++49/30/217 520 12 http://www.spree.de/ -------------------------------------------------------------------