Re: Sorting error

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 13462
interpreted = N
texte = Just for clarity it might be good to prepend as (ascending) to the YRsort, MTHsort, DYsort (asYRsort etc.) so the direction is clear. Second, in addition to viewing the titles, view the YR, MTH, DY fields with each record - how are they sorted? Your WebDNA looks fine.John.>I have yet *another* problem, this one with sorting my search results. > >For the sake of simplicity (and trying to isolate any errors), I've created >a small database with 5 fields (sku, title, mth, day, yr) and 12 records >(all of which have titles that start with Will to Power, like Will to >Power #1, Will to Power #2, etc.). MTH, DAY, and YR are all numeric >values that, when sorted by YR, then MTH, then DAY in Excel, give me the >order that I want (Will To Power #1 first, Will to Power #12 last). > >When I sort the same way using WebCat (below), I get a seemingly random >order (#6, #8, #5, #9, ...) The sorted order doesn't even match the order >of records in the database. > >[SEARCH >db=DB/Test.db&bwtitledata=Will&allhit=1&YRsort=1&MTHsort=2&DAYsort=3&YRtype=num >& >MTHtype=num&DAYtype=num] >[FOUNDITEMS] >[TITLE] ([MTH]/[DAY]/[YR])
>[/FOUNDITEMS] >[/SEARCH] > >Is this a bug, or have I misread the docs? > >Michael > >Michael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 >Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com >Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software 11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT * San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Sorting error (John Hill 1997)
  2. Re: Sorting error (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  3. Re: Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  4. RE: Sorting error (Marc Eagle 1997)
  5. Re: Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  6. Re: Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  7. Re: Sorting error (John Hill 1997)
  8. Sorting error (Michael Winston 1997)
  9. Re: Sorting error (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  10. Re: Sorting error (Kenneth Grome 1997)
  11. Re: Sorting error (John Hill 1997)
Just for clarity it might be good to prepend as (ascending) to the YRsort, MTHsort, DYsort (asYRsort etc.) so the direction is clear. Second, in addition to viewing the titles, view the YR, MTH, DY fields with each record - how are they sorted? Your WebDNA looks fine.John.>I have yet *another* problem, this one with sorting my search results. > >For the sake of simplicity (and trying to isolate any errors), I've created >a small database with 5 fields (sku, title, mth, day, yr) and 12 records >(all of which have titles that start with Will to Power, like Will to >Power #1, Will to Power #2, etc.). MTH, DAY, and YR are all numeric >values that, when sorted by YR, then MTH, then DAY in Excel, give me the >order that I want (Will To Power #1 first, Will to Power #12 last). > >When I sort the same way using WebCat (below), I get a seemingly random >order (#6, #8, #5, #9, ...) The sorted order doesn't even match the order >of records in the database. > >[SEARCH >db=DB/Test.db&bwtitledata=Will&allhit=1&YRsort=1&MTHsort=2&DAYsort=3&YRtype=num >& >MTHtype=num&DAYtype=num] >[founditems] >[TITLE] ([MTH]/[DAY]/[YR])
>[/FOUNDITEMS] >[/SEARCH] > >Is this a bug, or have I misread the docs? > >Michael > >Michael Winston *By Phone!: (503)/652/8815 x341 >Internet Coordinator *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com >Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software 11770 Bernardo Plaza Ct. #453 * Web tools for Macintosh and WinNT * San Diego, CA 92128 http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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