> Now I see the problem. In my query, I had table aliases, so I put
> the same table alias in the OrderingItems and OrderingLinks
> property. If I put in the full table name, then it works. Somehow or
> other, IBO resolved it all.

Hmmm... Not sure what would happen in the case of a self-referencing
table. May need to create a view to work around that one.

> Guess I would have to use the FieldDisplayLabel property and ditch
> the inline aliases.

There is nothing really wrong with using inline aliases except that
IBO was really setup to provide best support via its various Fields*
properties and fully qualified (not aliased) field names. There are
various reasons for this, one of them being able to support earlier
versions of IB/FB where field aliases are not that useful from an
end-user perspective. Dialect 3 names have not been around that long,
and some developers still prefer not to use them.

> Thanks for your help and patience.

No problem, I hope I have not upset too much of your code :-)


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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing