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  3. April 2002

Re: Multiple sort option logic

Hi Dan -

>We have a requirement to print multiple variations of an aging
>report, giving users 4 different sort groups.  The matrix looks
>like about 80 combinations.
>
>The users will have an input screen of some kind to define their
>sort definitions.
>
>Right away, I thought OPNQRYF using variables might do the trick.
>Ugly IMHO but effective.  Then I wondered aloud if SQL would be a

In some cases I have went the OPNQRYF route.

In other cases I have used a work file with a big ol' sort field like what
Joel suggested, but rather than following that with FMTDTA, I have the file
keyed by that field.

I'd use the FMTDTA before I used SQL <gag> though.

Ken

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