Re: easy numfound search?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 37044
interpreted = N
texte = Celeste Paul wrote:> > uhm.. not exactly. i have many records whose value is fish. and i have> not so many records whose value is green and not so many whose value> is bottle. i want fish to appear at the top of my list before green> and bottle> Do a summary search for the field in question, which will return howmany records have each value. Inside that search, do another searchwhich has the additional limit of eqFIELDdata=[field] and your list will magically be sorted by the frequency of the each value of field.QEDJohnp.s. unless you have less than 2 screenfuls of data, I would suggestmaking the interior search just be a link to those records, ratherthan the records themselves--John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Celeste Paul wrote:> > uhm.. not exactly. i have many records whose value is fish. and i have> not so many records whose value is green and not so many whose value> is bottle. i want fish to appear at the top of my list before green> and bottle> Do a summary search for the field in question, which will return howmany records have each value. Inside that search, do another searchwhich has the additional limit of eqFIELDdata=[field] and your list will magically be sorted by the frequency of the each value of field.QEDJohnp.s. unless you have less than 2 screenfuls of data, I would suggestmaking the interior search just be a link to those records, ratherthan the records themselves--John PeacockDirector of Information Research and TechnologyRowman & Littlefield Publishing Group4720 Boston WayLanham, MD 20706301-459-3366 x.5010fax 301-429-5747-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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