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- Index Data Bases
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- enter SEQUENCE 'ascending' if A's come before B's, etc
- enter SEQUENCE 'descending' if B's come before A's, etc
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- enter SORTTYPE 'memory' to Qwik Sort in MEMORY
- enter SORTTYPE 'disk' to sort on DISK
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- ║ the ENTIRE sort key is sorted ASCENDING or DESCENDING ║
- ║ SORT SEQUENCE is 1 to 3 fields, MAJOR to MINOR ║
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- for example: if you want STATE sorted before NAME:
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- NAME hit: 2
- STATE hit: 1
- hit: R
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- hitting Esc will EXIT sort
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- ║ if the SIZE of the data base is GREATER than MEMORY ║
- ║ allocated to sort, then a DISK sort is an OPTION ║
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- ║ DO NOT sort the data base on DISK unless necessary! ║
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- ║ . it takes considerable time ║
- ║ . the REC numbers are re-assigned ║
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- ║ ALWAYS backup the file BEFORE sorting on DISK ║
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