Index: library/Zend/Db/Select.php
===================================================================
--- library/Zend/Db/Select.php	(revision 18256)
+++ library/Zend/Db/Select.php	(working copy)
@@ -1167,7 +1167,13 @@
             $order = array();
             foreach ($this->_parts[self::ORDER] as $term) {
                 if (is_array($term)) {
-                    $order[] = $this->_adapter->quoteIdentifier($term[0], true) . ' ' . $term[1];
+                    if(is_numeric($term[0]) && strval(intval($term[0])) == $term[0]) {
+                        $order[] = (int)trim($term[0]) . ' ' . $term[1];
+                    } else {
+                        $order[] = $this->_adapter->quoteIdentifier($term[0], true) . ' ' . $term[1];
+                    }
+                } else if (is_numeric($term) && strval(intval($term)) == $term) {
+                    $order[] = (int)trim($term);
                 } else {
                     $order[] = $this->_adapter->quoteIdentifier($term, true);
                 }
Index: tests/Zend/Db/Select/TestCommon.php
===================================================================
--- tests/Zend/Db/Select/TestCommon.php	(revision 18256)
+++ tests/Zend/Db/Select/TestCommon.php	(working copy)
@@ -1229,6 +1229,48 @@
         $this->assertEquals(1, $result[0]['product_id']);
     }
 
+    public function testSelectOrderByPosition()
+    {
+        $select = $this->_db->select()
+            ->from('zfproducts')
+            ->order('2');
+
+        $stmt = $this->_db->query($select);
+        $result = $stmt->fetchAll();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $result[0]['product_id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(3, $result[1]['product_id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result[2]['product_id']);
+    }
+
+    public function testSelectOrderByPositionAsc()
+    {
+        $select = $this->_db->select()
+            ->from('zfproducts')
+            ->order('2 ASC');
+
+        $stmt = $this->_db->query($select);
+        $result = $stmt->fetchAll();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $result[0]['product_id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(3, $result[1]['product_id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result[2]['product_id']);
+    }
+
+    public function testSelectOrderByPositionDesc()
+    {
+        $select = $this->_db->select()
+            ->from('zfproducts')
+            ->order('2 DESC');
+
+        $stmt = $this->_db->query($select);
+        $result = $stmt->fetchAll();
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result[0]['product_id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(3, $result[1]['product_id']);
+        $this->assertEquals(2, $result[2]['product_id']);
+    }
+
     protected function _selectOrderByDesc()
     {
         $select = $this->_db->select()