diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm
index 8ec5109ce..dfed5602b 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/Thingy.pm
@@ -696,22 +696,18 @@ sub getEditFieldForm {
     my $self = shift;
     my $session = $self->session;
     my $field = shift;
-    my (%fieldStatus, $f, %fieldTypes, $things);
     my $fieldId = $field->{fieldId} || "new";
     my $i18n = WebGUI::International->new($session, 'Asset_Thingy');
     my $defaultValue;
-    tie %fieldStatus, 'Tie::IxHash';
-    tie %fieldTypes, 'Tie::IxHash';
     
-    %fieldStatus = (
+    my @fieldStatus = (
         "hidden" => $i18n->get('fieldstatus hidden label'),
         "visible" => $i18n->get('fieldstatus visible label'),
         "editable" => $i18n->get('fieldstatus editable label'),
         "required" => $i18n->get('fieldstatus required label'),
     );
     
-    %fieldTypes = %{WebGUI::Form::FieldType->new($session)->getTypes}; 
-    %fieldTypes = WebGUI::Utility::sortHash(%fieldTypes);
+    my %fieldTypes = %{WebGUI::Form::FieldType->new($session)->getTypes};
     
     $things = $self->session->db->read('select thingId, Thingy_things.label, count(*) from Thingy_things '
         .'left join Thingy_fields using(thingId) where Thingy_things.assetId = ? and fieldId != "" '
@@ -720,6 +716,11 @@ sub getEditFieldForm {
         my $fieldType = "otherThing_".$thing->{thingId};
         $fieldTypes{$fieldType} = $thing->{label};
     }
+    my @fieldTypes =
+        map { @$_ }
+        sort { $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] }
+        map { [ $_, $fieldTypes{$_} ] }
+        keys %fieldTypes;
     
     my $dialogPrefix;
     if ($field->{oldFieldId}){
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@ sub getEditFieldForm {
         -label=>$i18n->get('field type label'),
         -hoverHelp=>$i18n->get('field type description'),
         -value=>$field->{fieldType} || "Text",
-        -options=>\%fieldTypes,
+        -options=>\@fieldTypes,
         -id=>$dialogPrefix."_fieldType_formId",
         );
     $f->raw($self->getHtmlWithModuleWrapper($dialogPrefix."_fieldInThing_module"));
@@ -793,7 +794,7 @@ sub getEditFieldForm {
         );
     $f->selectBox(
         -name=>"status",
-        -options=>\%fieldStatus,
+        -options=>\@fieldStatus,
         -label=>$i18n->get('field status label'),
         -hoverHelp=>$i18n->get('field status description'),
         -value=> [ $field->{status} || "editable" ] ,
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/TimeTracking.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/TimeTracking.pm
index 8882b452c..0f83ca07a 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/TimeTracking.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset/Wobject/TimeTracking.pm
@@ -668,8 +668,12 @@ sub www_buildTimeTable {
 	   my ($pmAssetId) = $db->quickArray("select a.assetId from PM_wobject a, asset b where a.assetId=b.assetId and b.state not like 'trash%'");   
 	   if($pmAssetId) {
 	      $pmAsset = WebGUI::Asset->newById($session,$pmAssetId);
-	      my %pmProjectList = %{$pmAsset->getProjectList($user->userId)};
-		  %projectList = WebGUI::Utility::sortHash((%projectList,%pmProjectList));
+            my %pmProjectList = (%projectList, %{$pmAsset->getProjectList($user->userId)});
+            %projectList =
+                map { @$_ }
+                sort { $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] }
+                map { [ $_, $pmProjectList{$_} ] }
+                keys %pmProjectList;
 	   }
 	} 
 	
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/AssetReportQuery.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/AssetReportQuery.pm
index 28c2ee018..5480ff28e 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/AssetReportQuery.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/AssetReportQuery.pm
@@ -232,11 +232,16 @@ sub toHtml {
             foreach my $property (keys %{$properties}) {
                 my $key = $tableName.".".$property;
                 $fields{$key} = qq{$property ($tableName)};
-            }   
+            }
         }
 
         %fields = (%asset,%fields);
-        %fields = WebGUI::Utility::sortHash(%fields);
+        %fields =
+            map { @$_ }
+            sort { $a->[1] cmp $b->[1] }
+            map { [ $_, $fields{$_} ] }
+            keys %fields;
+
         $json->{$class} = \%fields;
     }