Steve,

 

No, you have not missed. The break in reports simply indicates how the
report should be segmented and by default, the order is ascending. The
"ORDER BY" clause can be used to override the order at run time. I imagine
that the great majority of reports are sorted in ascending order, except
perhaps when dates or currency are involved and this is the reason why
"ascending" is the default and you only have to remember to use the ORDER BY
clause when the opposite sort is desired. Having said that, it would be nice
to have the option of defining the default direction of the sort; although,
it most likely has been incorporated in R:Base eXtreme.you know, R:azzak's
ESP.

 

Javier,

 

Javier Valencia

913-915-3137

 

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wills, Steve
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 11:58 AM
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Subject: [RBASE-L] - REPORTS, BREAK, DESCENDING ?

 

Am I blind or is it possible to define a Report Break as DESCending at
Design Time?

 

I know I can use ORDER BY . DESC at Run Time, as long as my ORDER BY
sequence is in accord with the Report Breaks.

 

However, I feel like this is a feature that might exist, but I'm the sort of
person who would've missed it.

 

 

Thanks,

Steve in Memphis

 

 

 

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