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    Moving a row in the default browse

    In the HELP under "move rows" it says I can drag and drop a row to a new location. I've tried it without success in a default browse table. I select the row, but when I drag, all that happens is the selection widens to more rows. I've tried to copy and paste the row to a new location and that doesn't work either. Where have I gone wrong??
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    RE: Moving a row in the default browse

    That sounds specious to me. A database is not a spreadsheet. As far as I know, the row order is one of three things: "record order", an index order or a query order. I don't know how you could "move" a row, unless you change the index or query sort field value.
    Peter
    AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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    https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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      #3
      RE: Moving a row in the default browse

      I agree with Pete. Don't think you can manually move a row in a browse.

      Now if you're trying to 'move the row' in 'Edit structure' [right-click on table icon] you can do it! If that's what you're trying to do click the button at the far left of the line, release and hold the pointer at the same spot as you left-click-hold again. Now you can drag the row to the new location.

      Newbie Ken

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        #4
        RE: Moving a row in the default browse

        You can however rearrange the column order. But, when you do that it's no longer the default browse, it becomes a named browse and Alpha will ask you for a name before saving it.

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          #5
          RE: Moving a row in the default browse

          I see the light. Still, it would be a very useful feature.

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            #6
            RE: Moving a row in the default browse

            Sam,

            To what end would you want to move rows in a browse?

            Just curious.

            Stan
            There can be only one.

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              #7
              RE: Moving a row in the default browse

              A browse is just a peek at records in a particular order. The records were entered in a physical sequential order, and the only thing that changes this is when you use an index or query that changes the order temporarily.

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                #8
                RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                True, 'tis true.

                But one might copy the records to a new table, specifying the order in which they were copied, zap the original table, then append them to the original.

                Thus you could "rearrange" the rows in any order that is expressible in an order expression.

                (Had to check "expressible" with Word's spell checker, but it didn't domplain)
                There can be only one.

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                  #9
                  RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                  I've had to change browse rows (aka record order) just a tiny bit now and then. Isn't that what Excel is for ?

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                    #10
                    RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                    Guess I should have checked "domplain"?
                    There can be only one.

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                      #11
                      RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                      Stan,

                      I agree that it could be done. You also could have a hidden sequence number on the record that with clever xbasic manipulation could appear to move a record with some double-clicks as long as it was indexed by the sequence. However, I go along with Peter's statement earlier in the thread:
                      "A database is not a spreadsheet"

                      John

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                        #12
                        RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                        "A database is not a spreadsheet".
                        However, I have seen this done in a VB app allowing you to reorder records
                        by draging and droping then in the same table or to a different table.
                        We are able to do something like this by moving a record from one table to another by using onDBLclick and some xbasic code.

                        Nick

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                          #13
                          RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                          Mathews:

                          Yore speling is teribal. I hop myne nevar gats thet bad!
                          Comuniation skils are veri emportent.

                          Newbie Ken

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                            #14
                            RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                            Sam,

                            Forget everything else you've seen here.......
                            A column can be easily moved by clicking on the column heading. The column will turn black. You can then drag it to its new position.

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                              #15
                              RE: Moving a row in the default browse

                              Sam,

                              That's wonderful information. Just when did you decide rows were columns?
                              There can be only one.

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