Associated fields question

[Jaime Perry]

Jeff Harrison wrote:
> @af would not be "1" necessarily, the first time you
> encounter the record.  The @af value will correspond
> to the "row number" within the associated field
> grouping.  For example if you had A0) as your
> associated field group in your map as follows with the
> following values for record #1:
>
> Field #   Group     Value
> 1         A0)       BBB
> 2         A0)       BBB
> 3         A0)       AAA
>
> If you sort the output by A0) then @af will be "3" on
> the first record when you are processing the "AAA"
> value.  This is because it is the third instance of
> A0) in the map.
>   

Correct, I stated that wrong.
> You should certainly not be getting "1" for all of the
> values of @af, unless you are only using the first
> instance of the "row" in you map. 
>
>
>   
What do you mean by "using the first instance of the "row" in your map"?