This capability has been requested before but not incorporated by Legacy. However, it can be done with LTools, thanks to Dennis Kowallek.
The Legacy Index tab can be changed to display the User ID instead of the RIN (see Options), and thus can be sorted by that column. So the trick is to populate Legacy's User ID field with a sortable birthdate. (Assuming that you are not using Legacy's User ID field for something else.) In LTools, you would run this using the Run Raw SQL tool. Be sure to make a backup of your database first, or try this on a COPY of your good database. Dennis Kowallek (LTools/Custom Programming) [email protected] http://zippersoftware.com/ltools/index.htm On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 4:49 AM, Cathy Pinner <[email protected]> wrote: > The only way to sort the entire database by birth is to export the entire > database to .csv using the Name List Print after choosing the details you > want to be able to see - and then import the file into a spreadsheet and > sort on the birth date column. > > Cathy > > > Jenny M Benson wrote: > > > On 25/08/2014 01:45, Pat Hickin wrote: > > > Is there any way to sort the entire database > > > > Yes. > > by, e.g., date of birth?? > > No, I don't think so. > > In Index View and Name List you can sort by Surname or Forename or > RIN/UserID (that last depends which you have chosen: it's one or the > other, not both.) > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
