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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

138.0. "What order are Attendee records stored in?" by WAYOUT::ALLAMS () Fri Feb 28 1992 18:40

Hi,


	I have a customer who is querying the ordering of the attendee list
	in ALL-IN-1.

	He says that when you create an event with attendees, they come out
	in some strange order; not the order they were added to the list.

	This is a classic 'senior manager complaining he is at bottom
	of list'

	When I try it, it appears to come out in alphabetic order - which 
	is more or less what I would expect.

	When I told him, he said that it wasn't coming out alphabetically,
	Is this so??

	How are the attendees ordered.
	I can't get them to come out un-alphabetically, so I think 
	I can already guess where the fault is!?


		Steve Allam
		UK CSC
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138.1InconsistentSHALOT::LAMPSONWhatever ya do, ya gotta have FUN!Fri Feb 28 1992 20:3314
        Yes, TM is inconsistent in this area.  Especially under V2.3/V2.4.
        
        When you send a meeting request, the distribution on the mail
        message is in reverse order of how it was entered.
        
        However, when you read or print the event, the list is in
        alphabetical order.
        
        However, if you use the Mail to Attendees (MA) option, the order
        all mixed up.  I could explain the details, but suffice it to say
        that this option uses an alternate key to the ATTENDEE file that
        the other options do not use.
        
        _Mike