Custom Sort Order in a Form

[jrizzo77]

Hello,

I am trying to set the sort order to a custom setting in an Access
Form (2k). I have a field with data "High", "Medium", "Low". If I
sort normal the data is viewed High, Low, Medium. I want it to sort
H,M,L. Is there anyway to do this?

Thanks

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Create a table along the lines of:

RatingValue SortOrder
High 1
Medium 2
Low 3

Sort on the SortOrder field.

 

[KARL DEWEY]

A couple of ways. Use a calculated field --
Sort_Field: IIF([DataField]="Low", 1, IIF([DataField]="Medium", 2, 3))

Or use a translation table and join --
DataField SortOrder
Low 1
Medium 2
High 3