>I know that I must be missing something very basic but ...
>
>I created a free table that includes several integer fields and indexed on two of these fields, IE index on IFLDA + IFLDB tag XFLDAB.
>Then I set order to XFLDAB, goto top and then browse.
>The records are not displayed in the correct order.
>For example:
>
>IFLDA IFLDB
>
>1 1
>1 2
>2 1
>1 3
>2 2
>
>I know that if you want to combine a string field and non-string field in an indexed expression that the non-string fields have to be converted to strings. Is this true for any index expression of more than one field?
>
>TIA.
IFLDA IFLDB
1 + 1 = 2
1 + 2 = 3
2 + 1 = 3
1 + 3 = 4
2 + 2 = 4
The result looks ascending to me. I guess you really meant to concatenate (string version of) the values, and not just sum them. Try using:
Index on Transform( iFldA ) + Transform( iFldB ) Tag XFLDAB
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