Re: question: search return in order

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 12714
interpreted = N
texte = >When I have the thankyou.tmpl page do a search for serial numbers based >upon whether they were sold or not, the search results are random and not >necessarily in the order that they appear on the db. For instance, SKU >1,2,3,4,5,6 can be all marked as Sold=F but the search result of the db >with a max=2 will give me back SKU 3 and 5 or if I do it again results come >back as 1 and 4. > >Question: > >Is there a way to set the search up so that it when a max=2 that it will >give me SKU 1 and 2? And if SKU 1 is Sold=T then the results would then be >SKU 2 and 3? Not the random results. Try adding &asskusort=1&skutype=num to your search parameters. The &asskusort=1 tells WebCat to sort the matching sku values in ascending order, and the skutype=num tells WebCat that the sku values are numbers and should be sorted as numbers instead of being sorted as text.Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html. Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: question: search return in order (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  2. question: search return in order (Kevin Furuta 1997)
>When I have the thankyou.tmpl page do a search for serial numbers based >upon whether they were sold or not, the search results are random and not >necessarily in the order that they appear on the db. For instance, SKU >1,2,3,4,5,6 can be all marked as Sold=F but the search result of the db >with a max=2 will give me back SKU 3 and 5 or if I do it again results come >back as 1 and 4. > >Question: > >Is there a way to set the search up so that it when a max=2 that it will >give me SKU 1 and 2? And if SKU 1 is Sold=T then the results would then be >SKU 2 and 3? Not the random results. Try adding &asskusort=1&skutype=num to your search parameters. The &asskusort=1 tells WebCat to sort the matching sku values in ascending order, and the skutype=num tells WebCat that the sku values are numbers and should be sorted as numbers instead of being sorted as text.Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html. Kenneth Grome

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