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Subject:Re: calcs and sorting
Date:Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:24:50 +1000
From:Bernie van't Hof <onrequest@somewhere>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-dos
My bad. The _d in date is typo. Should be anything else.

Storm.

- Bernie

On 10/3/21 7:52 am, Michael Kennedy wrote:
> On 09/03/2021 20:24, Bernie van't Hof wrote:
>> The _d twice is ok. The diff of cols Dr and Cr values.
> 
> But "_d" is also used for the DATE field?
> 
>> You have docs!!
> 
> Yes - I have all the 4.02 and 4.5 docs, and WPP, and a number of other 
> PDoxDOS manuals, Dan's, etc, etc, etc... I might even have the 3.5 ones!
> 
>> I threw out my 4.5 manuals 15 years ago. I seem to recall they got 
>> wet. :(
> 
> Alcohol?  Rage?  ;-)
> 
>    - M.
> 
> 
>> On 9/3/21 9:19 pm, Michael Kennedy wrote:
>>> Bernie,
>>>
>>> I think the basic rule is: "If there's any 'CheckPlus', then ALL 
>>> matches are extracted/processed, and no sorting is done?". However, 
>>> I'd need to either check the docs, or run a few tests.
>>>
>>> Also, the query has "_d" in two different fields, so would that 
>>> either cause syntax errors, or create an empty answer table?
>>>
>>>    - Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/03/2021 22:16, Bernie van't Hof wrote:
>>>> Given:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Table | A/C#  | Ref   | Date                       
|
>>>>        | CHECK | CHECK | _d, CALC TODAY - _d as Days |
>>>>
>>>> Table | Dr                      | Cr    |
>>>>        | _d, CALC _d - _c as Bal | _c    |
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Q1. What, if any, sorting?
>>>>    Q2. Change CHECKs to CHECKPLUSs. Repeat Q1.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What I'm seeing:
>>>>
>>>>    A/C# and Ref: sorted.
>>>>    Bal:          not sorted.
>>>>    Days:         sorted if CHECKs, not if CHECKPLUSs. <== Why
?
>>>>
>>>> It would appear stupid to ever use CHECKPLUSs but it might be 
>>>> significant someplace else.


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