Re: Sorting like UBB

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 52945
interpreted = N
texte = Well, just figured out this half-baked solution, I'm sure there's a better one though: [search db=scenario_notes.db&nescenskudatarq=[blank]&pdatesort=1&pdatesdir=de&pdatet ype=de&ptimesort=2&ptimesdir=de&ptimetype=time] [founditems] [text show=f]hisku=[search db=scenario_notes.db&eqscenskudatarq=[scensku]&deskusort=1&skutype=num&max=1 ][founditems][sku][/founditems][/search][/text] [hideif [sku]![hisku]] [sku], [scensku], [strName], [pdate], [ptime]
[/hideif] [/founditems] [/search] Gary Krockover wrote: > Ok, it's been a long day (ask Ron @ inkblotmedia what kind of day it > was)... > > Anyways, needing to sort a list of topics by the topic with the most > recently posted message, showing each topic only once. Sounds easy, > I'm perplexed. > > Here's the fields in the db: > > sku scensku strName handle pass hide pdate ptime notes keep > > > Where 'sku' is an incrementing number based on the post number, 1 > would be > the first post, and the highest sku would be the last post. > > scensku = the topic number > > strName= the topic title > > handle/pass/hide/keep you can ignore not used at this point > > pdate / ptime are the date/time of the post as recorded by [date] and > [time] > > notes is the actual message > > So, I want to only show 1 instance of scensku (scenskusumm=T at some > point) > and I want it to show scensku sorted by the highest sku number for > each > scensku (most recent post per scensku) and that list again sorted by > pdate/ptime in descending order. I take it some serious nesting may > be involved here. > > I'll figure it out eventually, but hoping that someone that has built > a BB system may have worked this out already. Yes, I know there's BB > systems available, but that is overkill for my needs, this is a > simple post a > message thing that doesn't need administration or emailing or > smiley's or anything fancy. > > Page in question can be found at > www.the-proving-grounds.com/discussions.html (yes, my alternate row > coloring > is whacked as well). Also hoping to do this without resorting to a > temp.db > if at all possible. > > Thanks in advance, > GK ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Sorting like UBB ( "Gary Krockover" 2003)
  2. Sorting like UBB ( "Gary Krockover" 2003)
Well, just figured out this half-baked solution, I'm sure there's a better one though: [search db=scenario_notes.db&nescenskudatarq=[blank]&pdatesort=1&pdatesdir=de&pdatet ype=de&ptimesort=2&ptimesdir=de&ptimetype=time] [founditems] [text show=f]hisku=[search db=scenario_notes.db&eqscenskudatarq=[scensku]&deskusort=1&skutype=num&max=1 ][founditems][sku][/founditems][/search][/text] [hideif [sku]![hisku]] [sku], [scensku], [strName], [pdate], [ptime]
[/hideif] [/founditems] [/search] Gary Krockover wrote: > Ok, it's been a long day (ask Ron @ inkblotmedia what kind of day it > was)... > > Anyways, needing to sort a list of topics by the topic with the most > recently posted message, showing each topic only once. Sounds easy, > I'm perplexed. > > Here's the fields in the db: > > sku scensku strName handle pass hide pdate ptime notes keep > > > Where 'sku' is an incrementing number based on the post number, 1 > would be > the first post, and the highest sku would be the last post. > > scensku = the topic number > > strName= the topic title > > handle/pass/hide/keep you can ignore not used at this point > > pdate / ptime are the date/time of the post as recorded by [date] and > [time] > > notes is the actual message > > So, I want to only show 1 instance of scensku (scenskusumm=T at some > point) > and I want it to show scensku sorted by the highest sku number for > each > scensku (most recent post per scensku) and that list again sorted by > pdate/ptime in descending order. I take it some serious nesting may > be involved here. > > I'll figure it out eventually, but hoping that someone that has built > a BB system may have worked this out already. Yes, I know there's BB > systems available, but that is overkill for my needs, this is a > simple post a > message thing that doesn't need administration or emailing or > smiley's or anything fancy. > > Page in question can be found at > www.the-proving-grounds.com/discussions.html (yes, my alternate row > coloring > is whacked as well). Also hoping to do this without resorting to a > temp.db > if at all possible. > > Thanks in advance, > GK ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ "Gary Krockover"

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