If I understand correctly you want to sort by size. The issue might be that
you aren't storing numeric values. Have you considered using two numeric
fields ItemHeight and ItemWidth? You could then sort by either field, both,
or the product (square inches). This would remove the problem of 8x10
sorting after 10x14.

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Duane Hookom
MS Access MVP


"Rob H" wrote in message
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I have a photography business that I am setting up a database for
tracking
sales by customer, item, demographics etc. I'd like some advise on the
items
table, I have over a hundred photographs that I currently offer for sale
and
each photograph is offered in various sizes as well as being a print only,
matted or matted and framed. This is going to make the items table quite
extensive.
This is an example of what I have right now:

Item Size Type
Moulton Barn 12x24 Print
Moulton Barn 12x24 Matted
Moulton Barn 12x24 Framed
Moulton barn 16x31 Print
Moulton Barn 16x31 Matted
Moulton Barn 16x31 Framed
Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Print
Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Matted
Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Framed

and so on;

So, each "Item" can have 6-12 "options" (ie: size, print or size, framed
etc) x 100 photographs the list will be quite long.

What's happening is; when I sort by ItemAscending, the photos are listed
alphabetically but the size and type become scrambled as such;

Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Framed
Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Print
Dewy Dragonfly 11x14 Matted
Moulton Barn 12x24 Print
Moulton Barn 16x31 Matted

I want the list to maintain the order of Item alphabetically, then Item
size and finally Item Type in the order of Print, Matted or Framed. The
obvious is to re-create the Items table and enter the items in the order I
need but once done and I later add a new image I'm back to square one.

Ideas?

Thank You