Ok, I know I'm in over my head on this group, and it has been a LONG time sense I learned this stuff, and Image may have evolved more than I was aware sense then, but it was my understanding that each sort item could only be sorted on one path. By default, the primary path. And, I don't see how it can be sorted on it's own path. I.E.: CATALOGUE-NUM sorted on the CATALOGUE-NUM path. An example from my past. We had a set that had paths of id#, ss#, and receipt#. The primary, and sorted path was on id# for the search sort of receipt#. When read on the id# path the receipt# was sorted, because the actual path was sorted on this field. When read on the ss# path, the receipt# was not sorted. The only work around for this was that first they were usually added in order, and seldom out of order anyway, and second, we could do a physical sort on the receipt# with DBGeneral if needed. Is my memory that bad, or my information that old? bill grefe wrote: > > I have an image data set(see below). I would like to have this data returned > from image sorted by > Catalogue-number regardless of the search path used to find the data. The > programs that use this > Data set are supplied by a third party and I have no access to them. > Can I a) add a sort path with adager to catalogue-number (without breaking > anything) or > b) sort the data with adager periodically (I used to do this with > DBMGR reload along time ago > but I think they "enhanced" reload so the order of the non sorted search > paths weren't changed). > > SET NAME: > BROWSE-DETAIL,DETAIL > > ITEMS: > CATALOGUE-NUMBER, U20 <<SEARCH ITEM>> > CLASS, U6 <<SEARCH ITEM>> > SUBCLASS, U6 <<SEARCH ITEM>> > CATEGORY, U10 <<SEARCH ITEM>> > TYPE, U4 > > CAPACITY: 8320 ENTRIES: 8198 > > Thanks, > > William Grefe > [log in to unmask] > PCI-WEDECO Environmental Technologies, Inc. > phone: 973-575-7052 > fax: 973-575-8941 -- Robert P. Grimes Phone: (254) 526-1148 Programmer/Analyst Fax: (254) 526-0817 Central Texas College P. O. Box 1800 [log in to unmask] Killeen, Texas 76540-0999