1 Field sort rules are undefined or unknown.See Also
Applies To
Database object, Field object.
Description
Determines the method for comparing text values. Not available at design time; read-only at run time.
Syntax
{ database | field }.CollatingOrder
Setting
The CollatingOrder property settings are:
Constant Value Description
DB_SORTGENERAL 256 Sort by EFGPI rules (English, French, German, Portuguese, and Italian).
DB_SORTSPANISH 258 Sort by Spanish rules.
DB_SORTDUTCH 259 Sort by Dutch rules.
DB_SORTSWEDFIN 260 Sort by Swedish, Finnish rules.
DB_SORTNORDAN 261 Sort by Norwegian, Danish rules.
DB_SORTICELANDIC 262 Sort by Icelandic rules.
DB_SORTPDXINTL 4096 Sort by Paradox international rules.
DB_SORTPDXSWE 4097 Sort by Paradox Swedish, Finnish rules.
DB_SORTPDXNOR 4098 Sort by Paradox Norwegian, Danish rules.
DB_SORTUNDEFINED 1 Field sort rules are undefined or unknown.
Remarks
The database part can be the Database property of a data control, and the field part can be a member of the Fields collection of a TableDef in the TableDefs collection of the Database property of a data control. In the Professional Edition, they can also be object variables identifying an open Database or a Field, respectively.
This corresponds to the locale part of the CompactDataBase statement and CreateDataBase function. You can use the value of this property in the compare part of the StrComp and InStr functions.
Data Type
Integer