Re: alternative for subfiles

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I second the idea of abandoning "position-to" in favor of "filter-by" and
"order-by"

I've never had a user ask for "position-to" to be brought back once they
started using the power of  "filter-by" and "order-by"

Charles


On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 3:25 PM Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Same her, except I abandoned "position-to" a long time ago. SQL's "like"
> allows filtering and as a result users can filter by partial names, zip
> codes, etc.  As a result drill-downs are easy to do and we can abandon
> the crammed-fill screens in favor of small panels that flow the way
> users use them.
>
>
> On 5/21/2020 3:18 PM, Alan Campin wrote:
> > I have been doing single page subfiles with roll up and roll down, Load
> all
> > with SQL for at least 15 years including position to. I suppose I should
> > write an article or something detailing the technique.
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