Thanks so much Martin! That works.
>Hi Tracy,
> no, but you can use other functions:
>
>REPLICATE(' ',nLength-LEN(RTRIM(LTRIM(expression))))+RTRIM(LTRIM(expression))
>
>
>SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY mytable.myfield, REPLICATE('0',15-LEN(RTRIM(LTRIM(mytable.myfield2))))+RTRIM(LTRIM(mytable.myfield2))
>
>MartinJ
>
>>Nevermind, LPAD.
>>
>>
>>Anyone know the equivalent to PADL() in SQL?
>>
>>E.g.:
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>>SELECT * FROM mytable ORDER BY mytable.myfield, PADL(mytable.myfield2,15,'0')
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