| Subject | Re: [IBO] Ordering by description obtained via theTIB_LookupCombo of a Grid |
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| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2001-12-12T05:17:12Z |
At 05:09 AM 12-12-01 +0000, you wrote:
About all I can suggest is that you include the TYPE field itself in your statement and use that for ordering; but that won't get exactly what you want, which is the type descriptions ordered alphabetically.
H.
>My Goal is a Grid having the column with the external descriptionI think it's probable that you can't use a computed column for OrderingLinks, because it can't be resolved to a legal Order By clause.
>(TYPE_DESC) existing in the ordering links so when the user clicks
>the column title (of TYPE_DESC) the grid become reordered by that
>column, of course the (TYPE_DESC) will appear in the "Ordering"
>dialog of the IB_SearchBar.
About all I can suggest is that you include the TYPE field itself in your statement and use that for ordering; but that won't get exactly what you want, which is the type descriptions ordered alphabetically.
H.