I JUST figured that out. It took the 'Dataset' column (not actually a field) so I copied the help and it worked.

I can actually see the logic behind that looking at the nature of the UNION clause.

Thanks a lot for the help.

Aloha,

James

>when you use the "union" clause the "order by" can not be a field name, but must be a field number
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>hope this helps.
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>>Hi All,
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>>I can't figure this one out...
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>>This command doesn't work:
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>>SELECT 'Sold' as Dataset,* from sold ;
>>       UNION select 'Mailed' as Dataset,* from mailed ;
>>       ORDER BY cRow INTO CURSOR temp
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>>This command DOES work:
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>>SELECT 'Sold' as Dataset,* from sold ORDER BY cRow INTO CURSOR temp
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>>VFP 8 is telling me that the error is in my Order clause. The data in cRow is a number range (i.e. ' 700 - 799') right justified to 25 characters. The desired result is to combine the two cursors (output from the XTab FFC) and order by cRow (number range) and Dataset. If I don't use cRow and just use Dataset the query executes fine, its just the cRow for some reason.
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>>Thanks in advance for any help.
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>>Aloha,
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>>James