The Most Common Problem Encountered by First-Time Users

The thing to remember is that a reference to "A" is different from a reference to "A TABLENAME". One is global, the other specific.

So if you SORT A you should REPORT A, and if you SORT A CUSTOMERS you should REPORT A CUSTOMERS.

An incorrect command sequence would be:

                sort a by cust#
                print a customers cust# name street city state zip

The report would appear unsorted because it was not A CUSTOMERS that was sorted, it was A.

Another incorrect command sequence:

                sort a customers by cust#
                print a cust# name street city state zip

The report would appear unsorted because it was not A that was sorted, it was A CUSTOMERS.