*** 7,9 **** --- 7,13 ---- ...ORDER BY NUMBER(X), STRING(Y) // dummy sql In other words, how does one guarentee that comparisons are being interpreted as the needed or expected type? (This is assuming I don't want to pre-declare column types) + ----- + Please use the mailing list to ask questions like this. + See http://www.sqlite.org/support.html for instructions on + how to access the mailing list.