>Hi:
>
>I have the following SQL statement that returns an error:
>
>column ai_acprim not found
>
>If I change the ORDER BY clause to read:
>
>

>ORDER BY AcctInfo.ai_acprim cn_lname, cn_fname ;
>

>
>then there is no error! What is wrong with my ORDER BY clause?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Yossi
>
>
>

>SELECT Client.cn_primary, Client.cn_fname, Client.cn_lname, ;
>	Acctinfo.ai_cnprim, ;
>	Acctinfo.ai_acprim, Acctinfo.ai_dateent, Acctinfo.ai_dateext, ;
>	Trans.tr_amt, Trans.tr_date, Trans.tr_acfrom, Assetc.ac_desc ;
>	FROM  pf!client ;
>	INNER JOIN pf!acctinfo ;
>	ON  Client.cn_primary = Acctinfo.ai_cnprim ;
>	INNER JOIN pf!assetc ;
>	ON  Acctinfo.ai_acprim = Assetc.ac_primary ;
>	INNER JOIN pf!TRANS ;
>	ON  Acctinfo.ai_cnprim = TRANS.tr_cnprim ;
>	AND  Acctinfo.ai_acprim = TRANS.tr_acprim ;
>	WHERE ASCAN(laAcPrim,Acctinfo.ai_acprim) > 0 ;
>	AND (EMPTY(Acctinfo.ai_dateext) OR  Acctinfo.ai_dateext >= DATE(2001,1,1)) ;
>	AND Trans.tr_type = 'T' ;
>	AND Trans.tr_date >= DATE(1995,1,1) ;
>	ORDER BY AcctInfo.ai_acprim, YEAR(tr_date), MONTH(tr_date), cn_lname, cn_fname ;
>	INTO CURSOR curs1
>

You can not use VFP functions in order by clause. You will have to add these fields to your select statement and sort by them.