Re: sort without the or a

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17816
interpreted = N
texte = >I need to sort a list without using the first words when the words are >the or a. any ideas?The phone company yellow pages software provides a separate field for storing beginning articles like that. So the data entry person manually types the 'important' part of the title into the main field, and a secondary field contains the The or A part. Then you can sort and recombine on the fly when displaying.Or you could write WebDNA to pre-process the file once automatically.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: sort without the or a (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  2. Re: sort without the or a (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  3. sort without the or a (bob 1998)
>I need to sort a list without using the first words when the words are >the or a. any ideas?The phone company yellow pages software provides a separate field for storing beginning articles like that. So the data entry person manually types the 'important' part of the title into the main field, and a secondary field contains the The or A part. Then you can sort and recombine on the fly when displaying.Or you could write WebDNA to pre-process the file once automatically.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ PCS Technical Support

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