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Hi Experts,
I have a question about sorting numbers in a query.  I have box# from 001 to 11339, when I tried to do a query using ascending on box#, it gave me from 001 to 1122 then 11220, 11221 etc to 1123 then 11231. is anyway that I can sort from three digit to four digit to five digit?

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with the way that op described the problem and the leading zeros, this is definitely a text field.
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you both were right, it's a text field.
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I tired Rey's suggest, it works.  Thanks a lot both!!!

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