Re: The Top Ten

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 40497
interpreted = N
texte = Is this a numeric field and do you have the field type set to num ???At 5:20 PM 6/6/02, Kevin Lippert wrote: > >From a database with a field of values, how do I find the ten greatest >values (i.e., the top ten). Simply adding a descending sort and max=10 in >the search command seems to return the first ten values that satisfy the >search criteria, not finding all the values, sorting them in descending >order, and then showing me only the top 10. > >I feel like I'm missing something obvious... I don't know the range of the >values, so I can't use any range comparison. > >Thickly, > >Kevin Lippert >NY, NY > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/____________________________________________________________ Joseph D'Andrea ~ http://www.west21.com/ ~ JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century webhosting ~ co-location ~ wireless access WebCat and MGI database programming ____________________________________________________________------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: The Top Ten (Joseph D'Andrea 2002)
  2. Re: The Top Ten (Donovan 2002)
  3. The Top Ten ( Kevin Lippert 2002)
Is this a numeric field and do you have the field type set to num ???At 5:20 PM 6/6/02, Kevin Lippert wrote: > >From a database with a field of values, how do I find the ten greatest >values (i.e., the top ten). Simply adding a descending sort and max=10 in >the search command seems to return the first ten values that satisfy the >search criteria, not finding all the values, sorting them in descending >order, and then showing me only the top 10. > >I feel like I'm missing something obvious... I don't know the range of the >values, so I can't use any range comparison. > >Thickly, > >Kevin Lippert >NY, NY > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >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/____________________________________________________________ Joseph D'Andrea ~ http://www.west21.com/ ~ JoeDan@West21.com WEST21.com Internet services for the 21st Century webhosting ~ co-location ~ wireless access WebCat and MGI database programming ____________________________________________________________------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Joseph D'Andrea

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