You took the SQL right out of my query. :-) Bob S On Mar 29, 2020, at 7:32 AM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote: Hi Terry, Try having your database retrieval perform the sort and not LiveCode. Use the SQLite: ORDER BY clause. See if that gives you a faster result. Rick