For those that have asked - sorry I forgot to include this: Q D E S I G N (PowerHouse 8.29.D7) on HP3000 running MPE/iX 7.0 And although I wished I could use ORDERBY alas not in our environment. I like the ideas of the Quiz or Suprtool suggestions - I guess I was just getting stubborn about trying to do this in Quick only. Thank you all for your help, Cat