Very nice

>Edgar,
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>You can simplify it further and speed it up by using:
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>

select ... isdigit( contact ) as lorder

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>In VFP the ORDER BY requires a column from the result, in SQLServer it doesn't need to be.
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>>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
>>>  ...