I would not rely on either the sort order of the query or the OrderBy in the
report. The more robust solution uses code like this found on Allen Browne's
web site http://members.iinet.net.au/~allenbrowne/ser-33.html.

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Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP


"salsaguy" wrote in message
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I am creating a database to store information about printed media. For
example, a single table with separate fields for title, author, publisher,
citations, date of publishing, etc. I want the user to choose what fields
to
sort with, so that he can select a first field to sort by and a second
field
to further sort any identical entries in the first field. Ideally, I want
to
allow the user to select up to three fields for sorting. I would prefer
to
accomplish this using VB. I am using Access 2002.

I have had no problem sorting the data with one selected field by making a
query with the Order By statement. But I have not been able to implement
the
sorting with multiple fields. I have an idea that I believe would allow
me
to continue using the Order By statement and still let the user define up
to
3 fields (although I have not been able to implement it). I would create
a
separate field for sorting that would be left blank. When the user
selects
the fields for sorting, then those fields would be copied into the sorting
field and concatenated. I could then run a single query with the Order By
statement on the sorting field and, in effect, sort with all 3 fields
taken
into account. Then after the sorting has taken place I would need to
erase
the concatenated fields from the sorting field.

I would be interested in any help or code. This is my first project with
Access, and although I do have some background in C++, I am learning the
VB
and SQL as I go. Thanks...