Re: default data sort

On 21/06/2009 18:57, Michael Fraley wrote:
> How can I change the default data sort for a table? When I view the data
> in the selected table, it always opens a spreadsheet view sorted by the
> primary key. In this case, the primary key is a one-up number and a more
> useful sort is the name column. How can I have it default to sort by
> name rather than primary key?

When you open the data view window, go to Tools -> Sort/Filter, and
select the column by which you want to sort.

Also, you could open a query window and do

select * from my_table order by desired_sort_column;

Ray.

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