My webhost recently upgraded my dB and scripting to php5.2.2 and mysql 5.0.45, the original version of wordpress was running on versions 4.
Now post upgrade the following query shows posts in reverse order (oldest post first) and it does not exclude the cat.
Appears the cat=-16 fails to work.
query_posts('showposts=4&cat=-16');
If I remove the cat=-16 then it works fine.
The 'minus' appears to be the problem - but so far havent found a way to fix it, not sure whether it is a php5 mysql5 or wordpress issue?
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks