cmarshall - 6:55 pm on Apr 3, 2008 (gmt 0)

No one, true answer.

Some data needs to be read in order. That's Ascending.

Some data has its history rendered void by current data. That's Descending.

Unfortunately, most logfiles are ascending, and they should be descending.

I get peeved at discussion forums that insist on showing you posts in descending order, so you are looking at a reply with no context.