RE: sort a data structure

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quazy wrote:

>I have one field that is broken down into three 
>fields with a data structure, I want to sort 
>them by the second field in the data structure.

You need to decide how much hacking you want to do in order to work around
the fundamental flaw in the database.

By "fixing" I mean that you should define your single field into its 3
components.  You can make a new file that is fixed and cpyf the live data to
it.  This'll cause problems if you need to update (you'll have to CHAIN back
to the live file) but it'll get you where you need to go.

If you can't fix the file and want the absolute cheapest hack, look into
FMTDTA.

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
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 that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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