Paul Ihrig wrote: > Gerald > they are nums in a num field > they sort correctly if i wanted them sorted like a number. > but powers that be want them sorted in a was to show hierarchy.. OK then reverse my original advice. Tell your system to sort them as characters rather then numbers.
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