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Key Field Question
I'm trying to create a database with a key field containing 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2c, etc. If I make this a text field it does not sort properly. Is there a way to do this? Thanks for your help.
Define "sort properly", please.
Also, what is the goal here? When Access developers see the words "Key fields" we think of something very specific, so it may be that an appropriate answer would depend on why you are creating this field and what you plan to do with it.
George, thanks for replying. I have a set of baseball cards that are numbered 1 thru 24. Some of them have variations. The variations of the first card should be numbered 1a, 1b, 1c, etc. If this is a text field, they sort 1, 11, 2, 20, etc. I could do 1.1, 1.2 as a numeric field but I really don't want to do it that way. I hope I'm explaining this so you can understand.
