Thanks Tim... Oops duh. Clearly that wouldn't work I had pasted the incorrect code. What I'm actually using is the following:
SELECT username, firstname, lastname, cityIt appears that if I disable the "enable javascript ordering" it works properly in Chrome and IE... When I enable the "enable javascript ordering" it fails in both browsers. So I guess for now I should just disable that feature (especially since I don't really know why I'd want it
FROM prefix_user
WHERE prefix_user.deleted = 0
AND prefix_user.lastlogin = 0
AND prefix_user.lastaccess = 0
%%FILTER_CITY:prefix_user.city%%
ORDER BY city