Re: Sorting by highest number of matches unique to a field
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It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >Glenn, thanks, but that won't work for my situation. It still doesn't put the highest number of results in order. The example you provided would sort the results of each group. I need a listing of summarized groups with the most per group listed first. (god, I'm confusing myself now). Besides, you're talking about nesting about 3,000 searches there. Yikes.>If you can't find a code solution to solve your problem, you have a serious problem with the data being used.Your options are1- Write code to sort the existing data as you want, even if it requires more than one search2- Revise the db to include a field that contains data that will let you sort as you want3- Write a new db that keeps metadata about the existing db that can be sorted as you want.Pick one and go for it.Glenn-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>Glenn, thanks, but that won't work for my situation. It still doesn't put the highest number of results in order. The example you provided would sort the results of each group. I need a listing of summarized groups with the most per group listed first. (god, I'm confusing myself now). Besides, you're talking about nesting about 3,000 searches there. Yikes.>If you can't find a code solution to solve your problem, you have a serious problem with the data being used.Your options are1- Write code to sort the existing data as you want, even if it requires more than one search2- Revise the db to include a field that contains data that will let you sort as you want3- Write a new db that keeps metadata about the existing db that can be sorted as you want.Pick one and go for it.Glenn-------------------------------------------------------------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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