Re: Sorting error

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13490
interpreted = N
texte = Micheal: Thanks for notifying us of this. There is a problem with multiple field sorting. It will be fixed in 2.01. John. >>>>At 1:45 PM -0800 9/16/97, John Hill is rumored to have typed:>>>>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. MichaelMichael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comDark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ <<<<<<<< John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT *San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Sorting error (John Hill 1997)
  2. Re: Sorting error (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  4. RE: Sorting error (Marc Eagle 1997)
  5. Re: Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  6. Re: Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  7. Re: Sorting error (John Hill 1997)
  8. Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  9. Re: Sorting error (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  10. Re: Sorting error (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  11. Re: Sorting error (John Hill 1997)
Micheal: Thanks for notifying us of this. There is a problem with multiple field sorting. It will be fixed in 2.01. John. >>>>At 1:45 PM -0800 9/16/97, John Hill is rumored to have typed:>>>>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. MichaelMichael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comDark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ <<<<<<<< John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT *San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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