id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
7226,Excluding category with query_posts reverses choronological order,isharis,,"Whenever I use query_posts('cat=-3') to exclude category #3, the choronological order of the posts is reversed. The choronological order is maintained when I use query_posts('cat=3') with any other paramter. I had tried to use orderby=date and order=DESC/ASC parameters with query_posts but no changes occur.

I am using PHP 5.2.5 with MySQL 5.0.51a on Windows.

Here's the full code:

{{{
<?php get_header(); ?>

	<div id=""col-1"" class=""narrowcolumn"">
	<?php
  $page = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
  query_posts(""cat=-3paged=$page&orderby=date&order=DESC"");
  ?>
	<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
		<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		  <?php
		    $at_id = get_the_category($post->ID);
		    $cat_id = $cat_id[0]->term_id;
		  ?>
		  <?php if($cat_id == 3) { ?>
		    <div class=""<?php echo ($post == $posts[1]) ? 'post featured' : 'post'; ?>"" id=""post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"">
		  <?php } else { ?>
		    <div class=""<?php echo ($post == $posts[0]) ? 'post featured' : 'post'; ?>"" id=""post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"">
		  <?php } ?>
				<h2><a href=""<?php the_permalink() ?>"" rel=""bookmark"" title=""Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>""><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
				<?php the_excerpt('Read the rest of this entry &raquo;'); ?>
				<a href=""<?php the_permalink() ?>"" class=""button"">Read More</a>
			</div>

		<?php endwhile; ?>

		<?php
  	/**
    * If more than one page exists, return TRUE.
    */
    function show_posts_nav() {
    	global $wp_query;
    	return ($wp_query->max_num_pages > 1) ? TRUE : FALSE;
    }
    if (show_posts_nav()) {
    ?>
		<div class=""navigation"">
			<div class=""nav-1 nav""><?php next_posts_link('&laquo; Older Entries') ?></div>
			<div class=""nav-2 nav""><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries &raquo;') ?></div>
		</div>
		<?php } ?>

	<?php else : ?>

		<h2 class=""center"">Not Found</h2>
		<p class=""center"">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.

		<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ""/searchform.php""); ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

	</div>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>
}}}",defect (bug),closed,high,,General,2.5.1,critical,invalid,,