Answer / kavya

Not necessarily ASCENDING,it should be arranged in some
sequence-either ascending or descending.

Answer / gopal chand

Kavya Answer is Correct, Either Ascending or Descending
Order using Search All. Using Search there is no need of
Sorting Order

Answer / vampire

yeah it is not necessary to give in ascending order

i ill give u d syntax

set indexname to 1

search identifier1 at end "not found"

when dataname1=literal1/identifier1 and

dataname2=ilteral2/identfiier2

perform para a

end-search

Answer / madhu

ascending

Answer / shanuss

But as per my knowledge it is binary search and we have to
give the search word in sorted order...What do you say?

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