CodeIgniter 1.7.0 Released

[eluser]dmiden[/eluser]
[quote author="DiRN" date="1225054288"]While that is the example in the documentation, nowhere in the documentation does it say that ASC, DESC, or RANDOM is required. Prior to CI 1.7.0, they certainly weren't needed.

I wouldn't mind seeing an old orderby restored to assist with the transition to order_by. Just like the changes to the second parameter when loading a library, this is another instance that will require me to make way too many changes. I'm probably sticking with CI 1.6.3 for a while.

I get that frameworks change and along with those changes often come syntax changes, but nowhere in the documentation to upgrade from 1.6.3. to 1.7.0 does it mention any of the syntax changes that have been discussed in this thread.[/quote]
While this is true that nowhere in the documentation does it say that ASC, DESC, or RANDOM is required, it applies to the valid syntax as outlined in the documentation.

Code:

// And using the syntax:
$this->db->order_by('field1, field2'); // is not a valid syntax.
// With 1.7 the valid syntax would be:
$this->db->order_by('field1', 'desc');
$this->db->order_by('field2', 'desc');
// Second parameter options are asc or desc, or random.
// OR:
$this->db->order_by('field1 desc, field2 desc');
// Using ('field option, field2 option2').