Numbers still unable to sort large files

Question

It only took about 30 seconds to discover Numbers 09 still does not have the capability to sort large files (10,000+ rows by 15 columns). I originally thought I had discovered a workaround but that fizzled as well since it was a "one shot" with all subsequent attempts getting the spinning beach ball even though the single column sort showed properly just before the beach ball. I posted several "Problem notices" after having to force quit every time I used 09. Since this would be the only reason for me to upgrade to 09 especially after having 08 only a couple of months I guess I will just have to put off thinking about it until there is a serious enough upgrade for my purposes.

Answer 1

Thanks for the information Ivan. However, I only have two formulas in the entire spreadsheet with one of them being just a counter (previous cell plus one) and the other determining the age of an individual from their date of birth and date of death.
I probably should have noted that I did get the sort to work one time albeit allowing the automatic feature to run its course between changing the column selections.
I.E.
Select the entire sheet except row one.
Click on Reorganize.
Click on Plus sign to bring up second selector > wait for automatic responses to complete.
(there were two separate "barometers" that came up with redisplay following each one.)
Click on first column selector and select D > wait for automatic responses and redisplays.
Click on second column selector and select C > wait for automatic responses and redisplays.
It looks like I made an assumption here that may not be true - that the TEAM had access to the problem reports where all this was spelled out in detail along with several attempts afterwards that would fail (Spinning beachball) after the first selection and redisplay regardless of whether there were one or two selectors in the sort popup.
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