The new functionality that allows custom ordering on columns that are marked for sorting in IJC. The settings for this is in Schema Settings -> Miscelanous with custom value of "Database default", ordering empty values "First" or empty values "Last".
Summarization of default values for most popular RDBMs:
| RDBMs | ORDER BY .. ASC | ORDER BY .. DESC |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle | NULLs last | NULLs first |
| MySQL | NULLs first | NULLs last |
| SQL Server | NULLs last | NULLs first |
| PostgreSQL | NULLs last | NULLs first |
| Derby | NULLs last | NULLs first |
Printing performance and memory consumption improved. Especially noticeable while printing large data.