index on left(chrtran(myfield,'/','') + ' ',25)

Replace 25 with the actual length of your field.

>I have painted myself in a corner with indexing problem.
>I index a field called - myfield -- which contains an alphabetized list of names
>aname
>bname
>cname
>
>Except in some of these entries there is a backslash at the start of the field
>/aname
>/bname
>/cname
>
>when I index on myfield it groups the backslashes first followed by the unbackslashes
>/aname
>/bname
>/cname
>aname
>bname
>cname
>
>
>Is there a way to set up the index so the following progression occurs
>/aname
>aname
>/bname
>bname
>/cname
>cname
>
>index on substr(myfield,2,12) doesn't do it obviously. I need code set up to skip over a /
>
>I know some work arounds - like setting up a second field to handle the anomalies.
>But would prefer a direct solution with a line of brilliant code. Or is this not possible.
>
>many tnx
>k