diff --git a/sql_server/pyodbc/base.py b/sql_server/pyodbc/base.py
index 7270a509..675da6e8 100644
--- a/sql_server/pyodbc/base.py
+++ b/sql_server/pyodbc/base.py
@@ -21,26 +21,23 @@
 from django.db.backends.signals import connection_created
 from django.conf import settings
 from django import VERSION as DjangoVersion
-if DjangoVersion[:2] == (1,4):
-    # Django version 1.4 adds a backwards incompatible change to
-    # DatabaseOperations
-    _DJANGO_VERSION = 14
-elif DjangoVersion[:2] == (1,2) :
+
+"""Versioning script  - removed hardcoded versioning
+!!!Support for Django versions <1.0 is now dropped!!!"""
+
+_DJANGO_VERSION = str(DjangoVersion[0]) + str(DjangoVersion[1])
+_DJANGO_VERSION=int(_DJANGO_VERSION)
+
+
+if _DJANGO_VERSION == 12:
     from django import get_version
     version_str = get_version()
-    if 'SVN' in version_str and int(version_str.split('SVN-')[-1]) < 11952: # django trunk revision 11952 Added multiple database support.
+
+    if 'SVN' in version_str and int(version_str.split('SVN-')[-1]) < 11952:
         _DJANGO_VERSION = 11
     else:
         _DJANGO_VERSION = 12
-elif DjangoVersion[:2] == (1,1):
-    _DJANGO_VERSION = 11
-elif DjangoVersion[:2] == (1,0):
-    _DJANGO_VERSION = 10
-elif DjangoVersion[0] == 1:
-    _DJANGO_VERSION = 13
-else:
-    _DJANGO_VERSION = 9
-    
+           
 from sql_server.pyodbc.operations import DatabaseOperations
 from sql_server.pyodbc.client import DatabaseClient
 from sql_server.pyodbc.creation import DatabaseCreation
diff --git a/sql_server/pyodbc/compiler.py b/sql_server/pyodbc/compiler.py
index a45e56d1..baa6b84e 100644
--- a/sql_server/pyodbc/compiler.py
+++ b/sql_server/pyodbc/compiler.py
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ def _as_sql(self, strategy):
             result.append('WHERE %s' % where)
             params.extend(w_params)
 
-        grouping, gb_params = self.get_grouping()
+        #fixed ordering group - thanks Elessar Webb from GitHub   
+        grouping, gb_params = self.get_grouping(ordering_group_by)
         if grouping:
             if ordering:
                 # If the backend can't group by PK (i.e., any database