Re: sort without the or a
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 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 forstoring beginning articles like that. So the data entry person manuallytypes the 'important' part of the title into the main field, and asecondary field contains the The or A part. Then you can sort andrecombine 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 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>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 forstoring beginning articles like that. So the data entry person manuallytypes the 'important' part of the title into the main field, and asecondary field contains the The or A part. Then you can sort andrecombine 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 | Typhoon619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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