Re: Sorting Round 2 plus

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 18652
interpreted = N
texte = Don't use a field named date in your database. Call it mydate or cdate or something else, so there is no confusion with the actual [date] tag that displays the current date. Then a sort of cdatetype=date&necdatedata=0&decdatesort=1 should get you what you want. The Mooseman wrote: > > Thanks to those who answered my last post. > > No matter what I used right out of the PDF manual, my sorting does not > work. > > All I want is the returns to load earliest date first. > > This is what I have WITHOUT the sort context..... what should it be to sort > using > fieldname Date? > > /Results.tpl?command=search&db=catalog.txt&eqcategorydatarq=Current&cart=2982285 > 7375115&searchTitle=Current > > I don't know why sdir=de does not work for me and where to place it in the > request. > > Mooseman-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (908) 222-9001 * * 111 Mali Drive * FAX: (908) 222-9002 * * North Plainfield, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 07062-2355 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * ************************************************************** Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Sorting Round 2 plus (Gil Poulsen 1998)
  2. Sorting Round 2 plus (The Mooseman 1998)
Don't use a field named date in your database. Call it mydate or cdate or something else, so there is no confusion with the actual [date] tag that displays the current date. Then a sort of cdatetype=date&necdatedata=0&decdatesort=1 should get you what you want. The Mooseman wrote: > > Thanks to those who answered my last post. > > No matter what I used right out of the PDF manual, my sorting does not > work. > > All I want is the returns to load earliest date first. > > This is what I have WITHOUT the sort context..... what should it be to sort > using > fieldname Date? > > /Results.tpl?command=search&db=catalog.txt&eqcategorydatarq=Current&cart=2982285 > 7375115&searchTitle=Current > > I don't know why sdir=de does not work for me and where to place it in the > request. > > Mooseman-- Gil Poulsen, Webmaster************************************************************** * AltiM@c * Phone: (908) 222-9001 * * 111 Mali Drive * FAX: (908) 222-9002 * * North Plainfield, NJ * e-mail: help@altimac.com * * 07062-2355 * WWW: http://www.altimac.com * ************************************************************** Gil Poulsen

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