Re: listfiles sort?!
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2005
It keeps the original formatting.
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interpreted = N
texte = We don't mess with the order. The WebDNA engine lists the files in the =order that the underlying file system hands them to us.=20-----Original Message-----From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Ofkalin mintchevSent: Friday, March 25, 2005 03:02 PMTo: WebDNA TalkSubject: Re: listfiles sort?!> That is what led to the development of the [table] context for WebDNA =5.0.> Using tables makes it very easy to sort the results fo a list files> context,> or any listing context, or whatever...i'm not arguing this. i agree and am thankful for the [table].just wondering what the logic of the sorting in this case is. apparentlyis not file sizes either....for example on any system that's NOT windows if you use the default =nativedisplay commands without explicitly specifying a sort option you get allthefiles in ascending alphabetical/numerical order.why mess with that and display a random ordering with [listfiles]?>> -----Original Message-----> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of> Gary Krockover> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 09:56 PM> To: WebDNA Talk> Subject: Re: listfiles sort?!>>> This has been a request forever and ever (in Webcat/WebDNA years). =The> ability to sort without resorting to a temp db using the same criteria> that> you can use for a search context would be great.>> At 07:11 PM 3/24/2005, you wrote:>>>>ok.. i'm doing this with temp.db but doesn't it make sense that the>> output>>of the listfiles should be at least alphabeticaly sorted? or =numerical?>>or anything but whatever...>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list
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We don't mess with the order. The WebDNA engine lists the files in the =order that the underlying file system hands them to us.=20-----Original Message-----From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Ofkalin mintchevSent: Friday, March 25, 2005 03:02 PMTo: WebDNA TalkSubject: Re: listfiles sort?!> That is what led to the development of the [table] context for WebDNA =5.0.> Using tables makes it very easy to sort the results fo a list files> context,> or any listing context, or whatever...i'm not arguing this. i agree and am thankful for the [table].just wondering what the logic of the sorting in this case is. apparentlyis not file sizes either....for example on any system that's NOT windows if you use the default =nativedisplay commands without explicitly specifying a sort option you get allthefiles in ascending alphabetical/numerical order.why mess with that and display a random ordering with [listfiles]?>> -----Original Message-----> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On Behalf Of> Gary Krockover> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 09:56 PM> To: WebDNA Talk> Subject: Re: listfiles sort?!>>> This has been a request forever and ever (in Webcat/WebDNA years). =The> ability to sort without resorting to a temp db using the same criteria> that> you can use for a search context would be great.>> At 07:11 PM 3/24/2005, you wrote:>>>>ok.. i'm doing this with temp.db but doesn't it make sense that the>> output>>of the listfiles should be at least alphabeticaly sorted? or =numerical?>>or anything but whatever...>>> -------------------------------------------------------------> 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/>--=20-------------------------------------------------------------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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