Sorry, but that STILL doesn't clarify the issue. I get that you want to put the parcels in a particular order......but why! Certainly you're not just putting them in order just for the fun it. There's a reason. Correct?
For whatever reason you wish to sort, I and many others, wouldn't do it that way. Why? Because it's meaningless. The key is why do you need to sort like that when you can easily isolate parcels? For example, you want to isolate parcels in a defined area. Or isolate parcels will PINs beginning with 987. Or isolate parcels bigger than 2 acres. Or isolate parcels so you can send property owners junk mail. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Yes, I know I can do it in excel, but what good does that do me. So I organize my 'list' of parcels in a specific order, big deal. I'm putting them in order for a reason. What I do with that ordered list I can most likely can do even when it's not in order.....or even do it without putting it in a list to begin with.
Do you know why some PIN numbers have been overwritten? Can you possibly shed some light on that?
If it were me, my workflow would be to MapExport the parcels to shapefile then do the sorting in shapefile's dbf because keeping them as AutoCAD polygons is too weak--there's a lot of horsepower when you leverage the dbf. Yes, I know, I know, putting it in sequential order is 'a' solution but it's NOT the solution.
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