>This used to work fine in vfp3
>

>select distinct last_name, first_name, mid_name, ;
>  address1, address2, city, state, zip_code, ;
>  ' ' as packet_id,ssn, right(a.ssn,4) as ssno ;
>  from temp ;
>  into cursor address ;
>  order by ssno, ssn
>

>How to fix in vfp9 besides making two statements?
>How to find all like this in code?

Doug,

select distinct last_name, first_name, mid_name, ;
  address1, address2, city, state, zip_code, ;
  ' ' as packet_id,ssn, right(a.ssn,4) as ssno ;
  from temp ;
  into cursor address ;
  order by 11, 10

The ORDER BY fields have to exist in your table to reference them by name and ssno doesn't.

Regards,