INDEXORDER()

Purpose

Function to return the name of the currently selected master index

Syntax

INDEXORDER([<workarea | alias>])

See Also

CLOSE INDEX, CREATE VIEW, IFILECOUNT(), INDEX, INDEXEXT(), INDEXKEY(), LOOKUP(), NDX(), ORDER(), REINDEX, RLOOKUP(), SEEK, SET INDEX, SET ORDER, SYS(), USE

Description

The INDEXORDER() function returns the name of the currently selected master index: single index file basename or tag tagname. If no master index is active, it returns an empty string.

If the workarea number or alias name <workarea | alias> is specified, then the function will operate in the required location.

Example

open database southwind
use customers
set order tag companyname_search
? indexorder()
companyname_search