>I got a weird problem here. Maybe I am missing the logic somewhere.
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>Let say we have a very simple two fields dBF Table; DATE and CLT_CODE
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>SELECT * FROM invoice ORDER BY CLT_CODE,DATE && works perfect
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>SELECT * FROM invoice ORDER BY DATE,CLT_CODE && problem
>gives the same result as ORDER BY DATE
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>I also tried a separate index and DTOS(DATE)+CLT_CODE
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>I am expecting a sequence of dates for the same client, then another strip of dates for the next client and so on. Instead, it just order by dates ignoring the client's Code (CLT_CODE), so the clients are not regrouped together.
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>Did I leave the office too many times early in the morning so that I am missing an obvious logic here or is this a bug in Foxpro 2.5b and 2.6a ??
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>Thanks in advance.

Did you try:

SELECT * FROM invoice ORDER BY dtos(DATE), CLT_CODE

If that does not work, try giving your column another name besides DATE:

Select * from invoice order by dtos(date_client), clt_code

Of course, you would need to change the column name from date to date_client.