I think he means he doesn't want the field cord included in the output file. He could just COPY TO FILE FIELDS EXCEPT cord.

>Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean.
>
>>I like it - but we need one step further so that the output to text does not reflect cord!
>>
>>>You can simplify it a little bit.

>>>SELECT ...,
>>>  IIF(LEFT(contact,1) >= "A", "1", "2") AS cord ;
>>>  ORDER BY cord, contact
>>>  ...

>>>