1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/resolve.c b/src/resolve.c
index 6294ba26e..f7e68ff4f 100644
--- a/src/resolve.c
+++ b/src/resolve.c
@@ -1300,8 +1300,15 @@ static int resolveSelectStep(Walker *pWalker, Select *p){
     ** The ORDER BY clause for compounds SELECT statements is handled
     ** below, after all of the result-sets for all of the elements of
     ** the compound have been resolved.
+    **
+    ** If there is an ORDER BY clause on a term of a compound-select other
+    ** than the right-most term, then that is a syntax error.  But the error
+    ** is not detected until much later, and so we need to go ahead and
+    ** resolve those symbols on the incorrect ORDER BY for consistency.
     */
-    if( !isCompound && resolveOrderGroupBy(&sNC, p, p->pOrderBy, "ORDER") ){
+    if( isCompound<=nCompound  /* Defer right-most ORDER BY of a compound */
+     && resolveOrderGroupBy(&sNC, p, p->pOrderBy, "ORDER")
+    ){
       return WRC_Abort;
     }
     if( db->mallocFailed ){