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Make Table Query sort not working 1

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applestoapples

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Apr 7, 2022
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I have tried several different ways to get my data to sort properly. I have been using text fields and also number fields and each time I run the make table query - it puts the data into a different sort order. The query has 2 tables that it is using to create another table. The table it creates is not in order (sometimes no issues and others it changes the sort each time I run the query)

I cannot figure this out and it is driving me crazy.
 
Hi,

A "table" is an unsorted relation. Fugedaboudit! Think of your table as a bag of marbles. You sort your marbles when you take them out of the bag: execute a query

You sort in a QUERY of your table.

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Some people say: the data in a table is like marbles on the back of a pick-up truck. Every time you ask for data, the order may be different, unless you [red]say[/red]:

[tt]Select …
From …[red]
ORDER BY …[/red][/tt]


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