diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
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--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/SqlFilterOrderByBuilder.cs
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-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Text;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
-using System.Linq;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
-
-namespace AyaNova.Biz
-{
-    public static class SqlFilterOrderByBuilder
-    {
-
-        // public static string DefaultGetManyOrderBy => "ORDER BY ID DESC";
-
-        // public static string DefaultPickListOrderBy => "ORDER BY NAME ASC";
-
-        public static string DataFilterToSQLOrderBy(AyaNova.Models.DataFilter dataFilter)
-        {
-
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(dataFilter.Sort))
-            {
-                return string.Empty;//used to be default order by
-            }
-
-            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-
-            //iterate the datafilter and concatenate a sql query from it
-            var SortArray = JArray.Parse(dataFilter.Sort);
-            for (int i = 0; i < SortArray.Count; i++)
-            {
-
-                var SortItem = SortArray[i];
-                var fld = SortItem["fld"].Value<string>();
-                var dir = SortItem["dir"].Value<string>();
-                
-                sb.Append(" ");
-                sb.Append(fld);
-                sb.Append(" ");
-                sb.Append(dir == "+" ? "ASC" : "DESC");
-
-                if (i < SortArray.Count - 1)
-                {
-                    sb.Append(",");
-                }
-            }
-
-            return "ORDER BY" + sb.ToString();
-        }
-
-
-
-    }//eoc
-}//ens