If you are able to have a normalized data set of 'business_titles', you could set up an db table, say
tbl_business_titles - titleid - title - sort rank then, in your main table, you store the id of the business title, thus all records in the main table could be sorted by business_title and the sort rank would be stored in 'tbl_business_titles' hth charlie hanlon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233770 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54