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Index Data Bases
enter SEQUENCE 'ascending' if A's come before B's, etc
enter SEQUENCE 'descending' if B's come before A's, etc
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:
NAME hit: 2
STATE hit: 1
hit: R
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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