From fee755bbfac46c9b51a3dad53b0b826311eeadfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Morris <alex.morris@catalyst.net.nz>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:29:27 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-75170 tablelib: Use sql_order_by_null to sort columns

---
 lib/tablelib.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/tablelib.php b/lib/tablelib.php
index 70138797506..4099fd5fe97 100644
--- a/lib/tablelib.php
+++ b/lib/tablelib.php
@@ -601,9 +601,9 @@ class flexible_table {
                 $column = $DB->sql_order_by_text($column);
             }
             if ($order == SORT_ASC) {
-                $bits[] = $column . ' ASC';
+                $bits[] = $DB->sql_order_by_null($column);
             } else {
-                $bits[] = $column . ' DESC';
+                $bits[] = $DB->sql_order_by_null($column, SORT_DESC);
             }
         }