Re: Quick Question About Sorting

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1997

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 15436
interpreted = N
texte = >In order to sort by a field, are you required to search that field?No, but you *do* need to tell webCat in which direction you want thedata sorted, or it will do it by using it's built-in 'ranking'instead of in any particular order you might prefer.>For example:>[Search db=database.db&geSKUdatarq=[SKU]&recordtitlesort=1]>This does not sort by RecordTitle.That's because recordtitlesort=1 is not telling WebCat to sort inascending or descending order on that foeld, so you have to tell itwhat you want -- like this:[Search db=database.db&geSKUdatarq=[SKU]&recordtitlesort=1&recordtitlesdir=as]or like this:[Search db=database.db&geSKUdatarq=[SKU]&asrecordtitlesort=1]Sincerely, Ken Gromeken@iav.comWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/... Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Quick Question About Sorting (Kenneth Grome 1997) Re: Quick Question About Sorting (John Hill 1997) Quick Question About Sorting (Trevor Crist 1997)

>In order to sort by a field, are you required to search that field?No, but you *do* need to tell webCat in which direction you want thedata sorted, or it will do it by using it's built-in 'ranking'instead of in any particular order you might prefer.>For example:>[Search db=database.db&geSKUdatarq=[SKU]&recordtitlesort=1]>This does not sort by RecordTitle.That's because recordtitlesort=1 is not telling WebCat to sort inascending or descending order on that foeld, so you have to tell itwhat you want -- like this:[Search db=database.db&geSKUdatarq=[SKU]&recordtitlesort=1&recordtitlesdir=as]or like this:[Search db=database.db&geSKUdatarq=[SKU]&asrecordtitlesort=1]Sincerely, Ken Gromeken@iav.comWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.smithmicro.com/webdnasolutions/... Kenneth Grome

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