> I can do that, but is there a better way? How do you all handle > dynamic sorting of normalized DBs? Firstly, what DB are you using? Secondly, just select and sort on the columns. An example query would be: SELECT course.name, location.name, instructor.name FROM course INNER JOIN location ON location.id = course.locationID INNER JOIN instructor ON instructor.id = course.instroctorID ORDER BY instructor.name (or location.name or course.name). It should be as simple as that... thnx, Chris -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php