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Re-sorting a record list

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    Re-sorting a record list

    I am new at Alpha and trying to figure out how I can best change the sort order of a record selection. We have drivers that follow a specific route based on a daily printed list of addresses. We reqularly get additional stops that now requires to be slotted in based on where it will fit in on the route. I use a sort field with a numeric value. If we originally had 25 stops for the day and we now have an additional 2 stops to slot in at number 12 and 23 how can I best modify and save the new daily list of addresses with the updated sort order sequence. I keep a customer file with addresses and the sort order based on a specific date and then post it to a daily transaction file where I view it in a browse before printing. I was hoping to use something similar to allocating the tab order functionality on a form to modify the sort order prior to printing the list. I would really appreciate some ideas and tricks to solve this problem
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    Re: Re-sorting a record list

    Do you have a field in the daily transaction file that can hold the "sort number" for each address record on a route?

    Do you use the daily transaction file for more than one driver (i.e. for more than one route)?

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      Re: Re-sorting a record list

      Hi,

      This is an interesting one, which I will follow.

      If we originally had 25 stops for the day and we now have an additional 2 stops to slot in at number 12 and 23 how can I best modify and save the new daily list of addresses with the updated sort order sequence.
      If Mrs Jones has been given slot 12 and now Mrs Smith is given slot 12, does that mean now Mrs Jones has slot 13?
      Regards
      Keith Hubert
      Alpha Guild Member
      London.
      KHDB Management Systems
      Skype = keith.hubert


      For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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        Re: Re-sorting a record list

        I did something similar for a friend a while back. He was delivering home shopping magazines and the addresses needed to be in custom order to suit a walking route. The addresses were assigned to different Distributors(similar to your drivers) and ordered on an order field. The end result was to print out personalized labels in the correct order so the magazines were in the order of the route.

        It is pretty basic and I have not looked at it for a while(friend no longer delivers them). There is an auto order check box that when check and a new record saved automatically resorts the list for a particular distributor. a You can also change the order by setting the desired position of the address in question.


        I am in the middle of some thing at the moment so may not respond right away to questions but will do my best.

        Hope this at least gives some ideas.
        Tim Kiebert
        Eagle Creek Citrus
        A complex system that does not work is invariably found to have evolved from a simpler system that worked just fine.

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          #5
          Re: Re-sorting a record list

          Hi Tim
          This will resolve the issue. Thank you very much

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