Re: Problem with SQL

Quoting David A. Snyder, Folcroft, PA, in reply to my original message about SQL PERFORM that is storing records in the .dat file in reverse order: > When you select data from your table, do an "ORDER BY ROWID". That will > work until you start removing old records and inserting new ones. The > slots where the old records have been deleted will be filled before > expanding the size of the table. > > DAS > -- > David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release > is db4glgen-3.2 > UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: Dave.Snyder@snide.com Well David, your suggestion sounded like a good idea, so I gave it a try and found that it won't solve our problem. On a new table it is not necessary to order by the Rowid, becuse the rows are stored properly. On a table which has had some rows deleted, ordering by the Rowid makes no difference. The records are still stored in the reverse order in which they are added. I tried this with the ACE report since I know of no way to make the Query option of PERFORM sort by rowids. If I do a descending sort, I can get the records printed out properly, but only after some records have been added and deleted. This is *not* the solution to our problem, since it does not occur with any of our other 2.10 applications. Again, this problem is occurring with just one application. I experimented on our others (all which have deleted rows) and none of them place newly-added records at the *front* of the file. In other words, if you use PERFORM and add a bunch of records to your .dat file, and then delete some and then add some new ones in, those newly added records will appear at the *end* of your Current List even after you do another Query. Can anyone shed any light on this problem????? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= John Baker USAISC - Lex Phone: (606) 293-3644 or 293-3743 Lexington - Blue Grass Army Depot DSN: 745-3644 or 745-3743 Lexington, KY 40511-5109 E-mail: jbaker@lexington-emh2.army.mil =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=