Report sort by column header question

the column sort in a standard report (RP or Q) does sort the lower case values at the end of the alphabet; how can I integrate the lower case values in to the regular sequence of the alpha letters ?
Example of desc order: it starts with lower case :
ülog Company
swa Company
mobiler AG
freezer.net
dpa Company (*)
ZKL Company
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Victors
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Dora Co.
Charly
Berta Co.
ABC company
- as I cannot influence the Sorting of the inbuilt sort mechanism - how can I manage to integrate e.g. dpa (*) between Echo and Dora Co. ?
TIA
Bernhard

Bernhard,
use the INITCAP() function for that column (a). Fetch the same column once again without
using the INITCAP function and hide it (b). In the properties of the column a ==> HTML
Expression enter #b# in order to display column b. This way the column will display the text
as is (b) but sort on capital initial letters (a).
However, using a standard report doesn't allow any modification of the columns within the
query. There, you would need a view to query upon. Or you just use a "normal" report.
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