One issue to consider is that usually, your program should not rely on the records having a specific physical order. For one, this makes it difficult to upsize to a C/S solution; a database server won't have the equivalent of a recno(), and will rely exclusively on primary keys, etc.
However, having the records in a certain order can sometimes improve performance.
>I hate to pack tables because after doing so the data is not in the order it was created. All my tables use a guid for the PK so I believe after they are packed they are in order by the guid.
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>I know I could always set order to transactiondatetime (example) but when I just USE the table and then BROWSE it, I'd just like it to be in the same order it was in before the PACK.
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>Is there a way?
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>Thanks,
>John
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