That's exactly what I did. Thanks Del!
>>VFP backend:
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>>Why will the PADL() in this order by not work?
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>>SELECT * FROM table1 ORDER BY street, st_type, st_prefix, st_suffix, city, PADL(ALLTRIM(number),8,'0')
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>This isn't allowed in VFP, as far as I know. What I do when I need something like this is add the field with its expression to the SELECT field list and then ref in the order by. For example...
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>SELECT table1.*, ;
> PADL(ALLTRIM(number),8,'0') AS myOrderField ;
>FROM table1 ;
>ORDER BY street, st_type, st_prefix, st_suffix, city, myOrderField
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