Query objects

Column=Ascending|Descending

• Column is the name of the query column as specified by its Name Property.
  
• Ascending sorts the column from lowest value to the highest value (A to Z, 0 to 9).
  
• Descending sorts the column from highest value to the lowest value (Z to A, 9 to 0).
  

Note
Separate multiple columns with a comma.

To access the OrderBy property, in Query Designer, select the first blank line, and then, on the View menu, choose Properties.

To modify the OrderBy property, you can choose the AssistEdit button next to the property. In the Order By window, you add a column and set its direction to ascending or descending. You can sort on multiple columns by adding additional columns to the Order By window. The query will sort the results by the first column in the Order By window, then the second column, and so on.

You can also type values directly in the Value column of the OrderBy property in the Properties window. To sort on multiple columns, separate each column with a comma.

Note
You cannot sort on the same column more than once.

The OrderBy property corresponds to the Order By clause in SQL select statements.

This following table shows the results of a query that retrieves the quantity of items in every open sales order for each customer.

To sort the Customer column in ascending order and the Quantity column to descending order, you set the OrderBy property to Name=Ascending,Quantity=Descending. The following table shows the results of the query after sorting.

The following is the Order By clause in SQL that corresponds to the OrderBy property in this example.

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OrderBy Name,Quantity