Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!LIN@Mit-Mc.ARPA From: LIN@Mit-Mc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: dBASEII sort problem Message-ID: <12505@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 00:14:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12505 Posted: Wed Aug 22 00:14:00 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 01:41:54 EDT Lines: 13 From: Herb LinI have CP/M dBASE, Version 2.4. There appears to be a problem with the "SORT" function. Whenever I try to SORT ON TO , I get a "END OF FILE FOUND UNEXPECTEDLY" message. Not only that, but even after a CLEAR, I cannot erase the destination sorted file without incurring a FILE ALREADY OPEN message. When I try another CLEAR followed by a USE with the sorted destination file, I get a NO DATA BASE IN USE message. I'm told that there is a very strange bug with the SORT function of dBase II. The way to get around it is to do an INDEX and then write out the indexed file. [So say the sharpies at Gifford Computer Systems.]