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Article #7723Re: Filemaker Pro stupidity
From: Don MacQueen
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1991 01:02
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1991 01:02
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In article <200@claris.com>, skip@claris.com (Brian Schipper) writes:
(in response to an earlier posting of mine)
|>
|> Thank you for your comments. While the behavior you describe may be annoying
|> to you, it is the same way that FileMaker II behaved. It was not changed in
|> FileMaker Pro. While we would have liked to change it so that the records
|> would remain sorted after the find, we were somewhat limited by the
|> existing architecture of FileMaker II. In order for us to retain the sort
|> order after every find, we would need to automatically perform a sort
|> after every find operation. This would slow down finding dramatically
|> and would be annoying to some users. Hopefully in the future we will be
|> able to change the architecture to make this work the way you would like.
|>
|> I understand your frustration, and I assure you that we are listening to
|> your comments.
|>
|> Brian
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|> Internet: skip@claris.com AppleLink: SCHIPPER1
I appreciate the response from Brian. However, I've gone back and double-checked and verified my claim, using the same database, the same sort, and the same find. In FM II after a find, the records are still sorted in the original order. In FM Pro they are not.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!miguel.llnl.gov!macq From: macq@miguel.llnl.gov (Don MacQueen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Filemaker Pro stupidity Message-ID: <93088@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Date: 13 Mar 91 01:02:09 GMT References: <92710@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <200@claris.com> Sender: usenet@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: miguel.llnl.gov