Subject Re: indexing problem From Charlie <trainman@traincity.com> Date Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:54:14 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started OK great thanks! I almost had it before coming for help.  Although I was confused because I used a , instead of a +....... Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 10-Jul-16 9:59 AM, Mervyn Bick wrote: > > > When the names are concatenated to build the index expression '10xxxx ' > > comes before '11xxxxx    ' which , in turn, comes before '1xxxx    '. > > Duh!  The second cup of coffee has just kicked in. > > '11xxxxx  ' comes first. '10xxxx  ' takes its place after any other > double digits starting with 1 and before '1xxxxx  ' > > Mervyn. >