>hello everybody,
>
>in a table I have a field named CustType, which can only have 4 values: Q, W, E, R
>
>I want to sort the table by CustType, but neither in ascending(EQRW) nor descending(WRQE) order, I want the order to be Q,W,E,R. Is it possible?
>
>Are there any VFP commands can do this?
>Is it possible to sort the table in this order, when I'm selecting data with SQL statement?
>Which way is better?
>
>Thanks a lot!!
>Jimi
I would use a UDF:
function CustomerSort(tcType)
do case
case tcType = "Q"
return "1"
case tcType = "W"
return "2"
...
Another possibility is nested IIFs in the SELECT statement itself.
Hilmar.
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