[Year 12 IT Apps] Sorting text and number

[Keith Richardson]

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I have carried out a little test to verify (or disprove) some of the
things people have been saying here re number versus text as field type
in database.
Attached please find the small database that demonstrates that one can
just as easily put into ascending order both text and number with the
same result.
Keith
Keith Richardson
ITA List Moderator
Head of ICT, Leibler Yavneh College
Elsternwick
Ph: 03.9528.4911
k.richardson at yavneh.vic.edu.au