The not so nice part will be ordering 20 and 20DP, something like
Str(evl(int(Val(field)), 9999999999), 20) + PADR(iif(int(Val(field))=0, Alltrim(Field), StrTran(Alltrim(Field), Alltrim(Str(Val(field), 20)), "", 1), 20))

and betcha there will be further fringe cases as the not handled leading zero ;-)

thomas

>We clearly think alike! :-)
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>>try to get each word in a separate column in the select and order via SQL order by
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>>thomas