>>
>>To SQL server it's valid. IOW with a sample from pubs:
>>
>>

>>select distinct au_fname,au_lname, phone, right(phone,4) as PhoneNo
>>  from Authors
>>  order by PhoneNo,Phone
>>

>is valid.
>
>Cetin,
>
>What bug are you talking about? Such query works fine in VFP9.

>OPEN DATABASE (HOME(2) + "Data\testdata")
>USE testdata!employee
>SELECT DISTINCT first_name, last_name, ;
>	home_phone, RIGHT(ALLTRIM(home_phone),4) AS ph ;
>	FROM employee ;
>	ORDER BY ph, home_phone
>

The problem with the code is the "a." preceding the ssn.
I believe as long as temp is in area "a" it will work.