Can you update your view in a separate program such as View Editor?

>I get a "SQL: Order By clause is invalid" error when USEing the following view:
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>select distinct(CATEGORY) as CATEGORY, DESCRIPT from MYTABLE
> where !empty( CATEGORY ) order by CATEGORY
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>I presume that this is a change of rule in VFP 9, similar to how they change the Group By syntax.
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>So I think I need to change the DESCRIPT to MIN(DESCRIPT) or MAX(DESCRIPT) and all should work. Right?
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>But the problem I am having is when I try to change this view in the SDT, I get Error 1808: Order By Clause is Invalid.
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>Therefore, my question is, how do I change the view in SDT? I have been working with SDT for such a long time I forgot how to change the view any other way.
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>Thank you in advance for any suggestions.