--- views_alpha_pager.module.orig	2008-06-30 10:26:07.000000000 -0400
+++ views_alpha_pager.module	2008-06-30 10:35:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ function views_alpha_pager_views_query_a
       $myfield = "TRIM(LEADING '". strtoupper($trim) ."' FROM ($myfield))";
     }
   }
-  $myfield = "LEFT($myfield, 1)";
+  
+	//$myfield = "LEFT($myfield, 1)";
+  $myfield_filter = "LEFT($myfield,1)";
+
+  
 
   // build the query to get the pages
   $pattern = array(
@@ -156,20 +160,22 @@ function views_alpha_pager_views_query_a
     '/ GROUP BY [a-z_0-9]+(\.[a-z_0-9]+)?(\s*,\s*[a-z_0-9]+(\.[a-z_0-9]+)?)*/i',
   );
   $replace = array(
-    "SELECT DISTINCT $myfield FROM ",
-    " ORDER BY $myfield",
+    "SELECT DISTINCT $myfield_filter FROM ",
+    " ORDER BY $myfield_filter",
     "",
   );
   $countquery = preg_replace($pattern, $replace, $query->query(), 1);
+  
+  //drupal_set_message('COUNT QUERY: ' . $countquery);
 
   // execute the query to get the alpha pages in use
   $result = db_query($countquery, $query->where_args);
   $items = array();
   while ($item = db_fetch_object($result)) {
-    if (ctype_alpha($item->$myfield)) {
-      $items[$item->$myfield] = $item->$myfield;
+    if (ctype_alpha($item->$myfield_filter)) {
+      $items[$item->$myfield_filter] = $item->$myfield_filter;
     }
-    elseif (ctype_digit($item->$myfield)) {
+    elseif (ctype_digit($item->$myfield_filter)) {
       $items['0'] = '#';
     }
     else {
@@ -198,13 +204,13 @@ function views_alpha_pager_views_query_a
     if ($apage != '*') {
       // modify the view and count queries for the alpha page we are on
       if (ctype_alpha($apage)) {
-        $where = "$myfield = '$apage'";
+        $where = "$myfield_filter = '$apage'";
       }
       elseif ($apage == '0') {
-        $where = "INSTR('0123456789', $myfield) > 0";
+        $where = "INSTR('0123456789', $myfield_filter) > 0";
       }
       else {
-        $where = "INSTR('0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', $myfield) = 0";
+        $where = "INSTR('0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ', $myfield_filter) = 0";
       }
       $query->add_where($where);
       $query->orderby = array_merge(array($myfield), $query->orderby);