Thank you for the quick reply. But how is this usually solved? Let's assume there is an app that accesses the same database from different countries. And in this app data should be displayed ordered. And the sort order is not identical in all countries. Does the app have to send different SQL commands depending on the country? Not nice. Do the data have to be sorted in the app? Not nice either. Regards Dirk -- Dirk Mika Software Developer mika:timing GmbH Strundepark - Kürtener Str. 11b 51465 Bergisch Gladbach Germany fon +49 2202 2401-1197 dirk.mika@xxxxxxxxxxxxx www.mikatiming.de AG Köln HRB 47509 * WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 90029884 Geschäftsführer: Harald Mika, Jörg Mika