Index: src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/OrderByTest.java
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--- src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/OrderByTest.java	(revision 1207039)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/OrderByTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -60,6 +60,34 @@
         checkResult(result, 3);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test for JCR-2906
+     */
+    public void testOrderByMVP() throws RepositoryException {
+        Node n1 = testRootNode.addNode("node1");
+        Node n2 = testRootNode.addNode("node2");
+        Node n3 = testRootNode.addNode("node3");
+        Node n4 = testRootNode.addNode("node4");
+        Node n5 = testRootNode.addNode("node5");
+
+        n1.setProperty("extra", new String[] { "12345" });
+        n1.setProperty("text", new String[] { "ccc" });
+        
+        n2.setProperty("text", new String[] { "eee", "bbb" });
+        n3.setProperty("text", new String[] { "aaa" });
+        n4.setProperty("text", new String[] { "bbb", "aaa" });
+        n5.setProperty("text", new String[] { "eee", "aaa" });
+
+        testRootNode.getSession().save();
+
+        String sql = "SELECT value FROM nt:unstructured WHERE "
+                + "jcr:path LIKE '" + testRoot + "/%' ORDER BY text";
+        checkResultSequence(executeQuery(sql).getRows(), new Node[] { n3, n4, n1, n5, n2 });
+
+        String xpath = "/" + testRoot + "/*[@jcr:primaryType='nt:unstructured'] order by jcr:score(), @text";
+        checkResultSequence(executeQuery(xpath).getRows(), new Node[] { n3, n4, n1, n5, n2 });
+    }
+
     public void testOrderByUpperCase() throws RepositoryException {
         Node n1 = testRootNode.addNode("node1");
         Node n2 = testRootNode.addNode("node2");
Index: src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/SQL2OrderByTest.java
===================================================================
--- src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/SQL2OrderByTest.java	(revision 1207039)
+++ src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/SQL2OrderByTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -73,6 +73,30 @@
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * SQL2 Test for JCR-2906
+     */
+    public void testOrderByMVP() throws RepositoryException {
+        Node n1 = testRootNode.addNode("node1");
+        Node n2 = testRootNode.addNode("node2");
+        Node n3 = testRootNode.addNode("node3");
+        Node n4 = testRootNode.addNode("node4");
+        Node n5 = testRootNode.addNode("node5");
+
+        n1.setProperty("text", new String[] { "ccc" });
+        n2.setProperty("text", new String[] { "eee", "bbb" });
+        n3.setProperty("text", new String[] { "aaa" });
+        n4.setProperty("text", new String[] { "bbb", "aaa" });
+        n5.setProperty("text", new String[] { "eee", "aaa" });
+
+        testRootNode.getSession().save();
+
+        String sql = "SELECT value FROM [nt:unstructured] WHERE ISCHILDNODE(["
+                + testRoot + "]) ORDER BY text";
+
+        checkSeq(executeSQL2Query(sql), new Node[] { n3, n4, n1, n5, n2 });
+    }
+
     public void testOrderByVal() throws RepositoryException {
 
         Node n1 = testRootNode.addNode("node1");
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/Util.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/Util.java	(revision 1207039)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/Util.java	(working copy)
@@ -236,6 +236,25 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Compares two arrays of comparables.
+     */
+    public static int compare(Comparable<?>[] c1, Comparable<?>[] c2) {
+        if (c1 == null) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (c2 == null) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < c1.length && i < c2.length; i++) {
+            int d = compare(c1[i], c2[i]);
+            if (d != 0) {
+                return d;
+            }
+        }
+        return c1.length - c2.length;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Compares the two values. If the values have differing types, then an
      * attempt is made to convert the second value into the type of the first
      * value.
Index: src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/SharedFieldCache.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/SharedFieldCache.java	(revision 1207039)
+++ src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/core/query/lucene/SharedFieldCache.java	(working copy)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.jackrabbit.core.query.lucene;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.WeakHashMap;
@@ -112,6 +113,70 @@
         }
     }
 
+    private static class ComparableArray implements Comparable<ComparableArray> {
+
+        private int offset = 0;
+
+        private Comparable<?>[] c = new Comparable[0];
+
+        public ComparableArray(Comparable<?> item, int index) {
+            insert(item, index);
+        }
+
+        public int compareTo(ComparableArray o) {
+            return Util.compare(c, o.c);
+        }
+
+        public ComparableArray insert(Comparable<?> item, int index) {
+            // optimize for most common scenario
+            if (c.length == 0) {
+                offset = index;
+                c = new Comparable<?>[] { item };
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            // inside
+            if (index >= offset && index <= offset + c.length) {
+                c[index - offset] = item;
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            // before
+            if (index < offset) {
+                int relativeOffset = offset - index;
+                Comparable<?>[] newC = new Comparable[relativeOffset + c.length];
+                newC[0] = item;
+                System.arraycopy(c, 0, newC, relativeOffset, c.length);
+                c = newC;
+                offset = index;
+                return this;
+            }
+
+            // after
+            if (index > offset + c.length) {
+                int extraOffset = index - offset + c.length;
+                Arrays.copyOf(c, c.length + extraOffset);
+                c[index - offset] = item;
+                return this;
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * This is needed by {@link UpperCaseSortComparator} and {@link LowerCaseSortComparator}
+         */
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            if (c == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            if (c.length == 1) {
+                return c[0].toString();
+            }
+            return Arrays.toString(c);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Reference to the single instance of <code>SharedFieldCache</code>.
      */
@@ -152,9 +217,10 @@
         field = field.intern();
         ValueIndex ret = lookup(reader, field, prefix);
         if (ret == null) {
-            Comparable<?>[] retArray = new Comparable[reader.maxDoc()];
+            final int maxDocs = reader.maxDoc();
+            ComparableArray[] retArray = new ComparableArray[maxDocs];
             int setValues = 0;
-            if (retArray.length > 0) {
+            if (maxDocs > 0) {
                 IndexFormatVersion version = IndexFormatVersion.getVersion(reader);
                 boolean hasPayloads = version.isAtLeast(IndexFormatVersion.V3);
                 TermDocs termDocs;
@@ -167,8 +233,6 @@
                     termDocs = reader.termDocs();
                 }
                 TermEnum termEnum = reader.terms(new Term(field, prefix));
-
-                char[] tmp = new char[16];
                 try {
                     if (termEnum.term() == null) {
                         throw new RuntimeException("no terms in field " + field);
@@ -178,30 +242,28 @@
                         if (term.field() != field || !term.text().startsWith(prefix)) {
                             break;
                         }
-
-                        // make sure term is compacted
-                        String text = term.text();
-                        int len = text.length() - prefix.length();
-                        if (tmp.length < len) {
-                            // grow tmp
-                            tmp = new char[len];
-                        }
-                        text.getChars(prefix.length(), text.length(), tmp, 0);
-                        String value = new String(tmp, 0, len);
-
-                        termDocs.seek(termEnum);
+                        final String value = termValueAsString(term, prefix);
+                        termDocs.seek(term);
                         while (termDocs.next()) {
+                            int termPosition = 0;
                             type = PropertyType.UNDEFINED;
                             if (hasPayloads) {
                                 TermPositions termPos = (TermPositions) termDocs;
-                                termPos.nextPosition();
+                                termPosition = termPos.nextPosition();
                                 if (termPos.isPayloadAvailable()) {
                                     payload = termPos.getPayload(payload, 0);
                                     type = PropertyMetaData.fromByteArray(payload).getPropertyType();
                                 }
                             }
                             setValues++;
-                            retArray[termDocs.doc()] = getValue(value, type);
+                            Comparable<?> v = getValue(value, type);
+                            int doc = termDocs.doc();
+                            ComparableArray ca = retArray[doc];
+                            if (ca == null) {
+                                retArray[doc] = new ComparableArray(v, termPosition);
+                            } else {
+                                retArray[doc] = ca.insert(v, termPosition);
+                            }
                         }
                     } while (termEnum.next());
                 } finally {
@@ -217,6 +279,22 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Extracts the value from a given Term as a String
+     * 
+     * @param term
+     * @param prefix
+     * @return string value contained in the term
+     */
+    private static String termValueAsString(Term term, String prefix) {
+        // make sure term is compacted
+        String text = term.text();
+        int length = text.length() - prefix.length();
+        char[] tmp = new char[length];
+        text.getChars(prefix.length(), text.length(), tmp, 0);
+        return new String(tmp, 0, length);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * See if a <code>ValueIndex</code> object is in the cache.
      */
     ValueIndex lookup(IndexReader reader, String field, String prefix) {
