Re: Unique Sort
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 48460
interpreted = N
texte = I want to list all the 3M... under the 3, but only have one 3 and so on.-----Original Message----- From: stephen Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:07 AM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: Unique Sort It kind of works, but it is repeating, I get this:3 3M - OFFICE & STATIONARY DIVISION 3M - OFFICE & STATIONARY DIVISION 3 3M VISUAL SYSTEMS DIVISION 3M VISUAL SYSTEMS DIVISION A APRICORN MASS STORAGE APRICORN MASS STORAGE B BELKIN COMPONENTS BELKIN COMPONENTS B BROTHER INT L (SUPPLIES) BROTHER INT L (SUPPLIES) -----Original Message----- From: John Peacock [mailto:jpeacock@rowman.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:15 AM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: Unique Sort stephen wrote: > How can sort my results in the following format: > > 3 > 3M > 3M Visual Systems Division > > A > Acer Latin America > Apricorn Mass Storage > > B > Belkin Components > Brother Int'l (printers) > No tested code, just ideas...First, do a summary sort on whatever field you are talking about. Next, create a text variable for the header and set it to blank. Then, in the [founditems] loop, grab the first character of the next record and see if it is the same as the existing header value; if not, set the header value to be that new character and do whatever formatting you want to seperate the sections.Sort of like this:[search db=blah&so-on] [text]heading=[/text] [founditems] [if [heading]![getchars start=1&end=1][yourfield][/getchars]] [text]heading=[getchars start=1&end=1][yourfield][/getchars][/text]
[heading] [/if] [yourfield] [/founditems] [/search]HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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I want to list all the 3M... under the 3, but only have one 3 and so on.-----Original Message----- From: stephen Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:07 AM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: Unique Sort It kind of works, but it is repeating, I get this:3 3M - OFFICE & STATIONARY DIVISION 3M - OFFICE & STATIONARY DIVISION 3 3M VISUAL SYSTEMS DIVISION 3M VISUAL SYSTEMS DIVISION A APRICORN MASS STORAGE APRICORN MASS STORAGE B BELKIN COMPONENTS BELKIN COMPONENTS B BROTHER INT L (SUPPLIES) BROTHER INT L (SUPPLIES) -----Original Message----- From: John Peacock [mailto:jpeacock@rowman.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:15 AM To: WebDNA Talk Subject: Re: Unique Sort stephen wrote: > How can sort my results in the following format: > > 3 > 3M > 3M Visual Systems Division > > A > Acer Latin America > Apricorn Mass Storage > > B > Belkin Components > Brother Int'l (printers) > No tested code, just ideas...First, do a summary sort on whatever field you are talking about. Next, create a text variable for the header and set it to blank. Then, in the [founditems] loop, grab the first character of the next record and see if it is the same as the existing header value; if not, set the header value to be that new character and do whatever formatting you want to seperate the sections.Sort of like this:[search db=blah&so-on] [text]heading=[/text] [founditems] [if [heading]![getchars start=1&end=1][yourfield][/getchars]] [text]heading=[getchars start=1&end=1][yourfield][/getchars][/text]
[heading] [/if] [yourfield] [/founditems] [/search]HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/------------------------------------------------------------- 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://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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