>>In my grid class I allow users to sort on up to 3 columns by clicking in the headers. I convert all the fields to characters in order to string them together. For example, the code might look something like:
>>INDEX ON CharField1+STR(NumField2) TAG temp
>>The problem is that if the numeric field contains negative numbers, they don't sort properly by value. How can I get the numbers to sort correctly and yet index on multiple fields?
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>>Thanks,
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>Elyse,
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>Try this:

INDEX ON CharField1 + BINTOC(NumField2) TAG temp

This will work, however, only if the numeric field has no decimal places.

Thanks, but the numeric fields do have decimals.