How to sort table with VBA

Public Sub test()

DoCmd.OpenTable ("OSM Table 1")

End Sub

Amazingly, I've gotten this far, now I am wondering how to sort the
database in ascending order according to field called [Meal Total] and
then select the first record. It's all got to be in VBA, can anyone
help?

Thanks

"Troy" <TroyDDaniels@gmail.comwrote in
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You can't sort a table. You make a query on the table and use that
query instead of the table.


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Troy wrote:Do


You can mess around and do it like this:

DoCmd.OpenTable "Table1"
DoCmd.GoToControl "field name"
DoCmd.FindRecord "VALUE", acAnywhere, False, acSearchAll, True, acCurrent
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSortAscending
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdSelectRecord


But like B Quintal says, you should probably just run and open a query on
the table.

You should not open tables.

You should use a form for data entry and a report for data review.

Either way, you use a query as the recordsource as you can then sort the
data in any way you want.


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Terry Kreft


"Troy" <TroyDDaniels@gmail.comwrote in message
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Terry Kreft wrote:This is bogus advice, I think.

You should open tables if you need to or if you want to. There's certainly
no need to create a form and report for every table in your system, eg just
to edit a small lookup table (or even a large transaction table).
Especially if you "know" your data.


Why? Though a well-defined form can give you more control and safety, it's
no panacea, and building good validation rules and proper data typing can
aid in entering data directly in tables.


Yes. Or you can filter and sort it pretty much any way you want if you open
the table directly.

"Terry Kreft" <terry.kreft@mps.co.ukwrote in
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In a report, don't sort your underlying recordsource, but use the
report's grouping and sorting.

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David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/
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DFS wrote:The advice assumes that the user of a database is not the developer of the
database. No one would dispute that the developer can make entries into
utility tables and/or make administrative corrections to other data directly
in the tables.


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Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
Email (as appropriate) to...
RBrandt at Hunter dot com

David W. Fenton wrote:
That's my approach and I prefer to base reports on unordered queries to
cut back on the unnecessary processing I assume takes place with the
order by clause.

But I vaguely recall at some point wasn't/isn't there some report
property one can turn on to accept the sorting done by a query?

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The OP was talking about writing code to open the table.

This implies that they are writing an app for someone else to use.

Only an idiot or a grossly inexperienced developer would allow users direct
access to base tables.

I believe the OP to be inexperienced.

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Terry Kreft


"DFS" <nospam@dfs_.comwrote in message
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Tim Marshall <TIMMY!@PurplePandaChasers.Moertheriumwrote in
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I don't know. I just learned a long time ago that sorting the
recordsource was so often a waste of time that I just stopped
trying!

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