Updated: File Layout SQL

My post yesterday was a little wrong. Here is a better SQL to help with the sequence of the fields in the layout:

SELECT * FROM (

  SELECT A.FLDFIELDNAME, A.FLDSTART,

        (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM PSFLDFIELDDEFN

         WHERE FLDDEFNNAME = A.FLDDEFNNAME

         AND FLDSTART < A.FLDSTART) + 1 CORRECT_SEQ,

         A.FLDSEQNO ACTUAL_SEQ

  FROM PSFLDFIELDDEFN A

  WHERE A.FLDDEFNNAME = '<file Layout Name>'

)  B

WHERE B.CORRECT_SEQ <> B.ACTUAL_SEQ

ORDER BY B.FLDSTART

I had trouble rearranging the fields though. You can drag and drop the fields, but when you reopen the file layout, you find that it didn’t actually adjust the field sequence (FLDSEQNO). So, the fields are back in the order they were in. This is true for tools 8.46; I didn’t test 8.49.The only way I could find to rearrange the fields was to delete the field from the layout. Then, click on the field that you wanted it after and re-insert it.

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