Re: Sorting error
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13486
interpreted = N
texte = >>The next test would be to sort the years by themselves, months by>>themselves, then days by themselves: do they sort as expected. Next>>sort just by year and month: does that work as expected. Maybe in>>doing this something will become clearer.>>In all cases, the first sort works fine (sort=1) but the it breaks>down at the second sort (sort=2).>>However, if I first sort by YR and then by TITLE, both sorts work fine.>The sort also works if I remove the type=num args, but it'll break>down when it reaches 2-digit numbers.>So the trouble seems come from sorting more than one field that has type=num.Interesting concept ... but why do you have to have your dates splitup into three different parts anyways?I've been wondering about this since you posted your first message,but I didn't ask before. May be there's a way around whatever 'other'problems you're dealing with that would allow you to keep the datesintact instead of splitting them up into several different fields.Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
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>>The next test would be to sort the years by themselves, months by>>themselves, then days by themselves: do they sort as expected. Next>>sort just by year and month: does that work as expected. Maybe in>>doing this something will become clearer.>>In all cases, the first sort works fine (sort=1) but the it breaks>down at the second sort (sort=2).>>However, if I first sort by YR and then by TITLE, both sorts work fine.>The sort also works if I remove the type=num args, but it'll break>down when it reaches 2-digit numbers.>So the trouble seems come from sorting more than one field that has type=num.Interesting concept ... but why do you have to have your dates splitup into three different parts anyways?I've been wondering about this since you posted your first message,but I didn't ask before. May be there's a way around whatever 'other'problems you're dealing with that would allow you to keep the datesintact instead of splitting them up into several different fields.Sincerely, Ken GromeWebDNA Solutionshttp://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
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