Re: Sorting Results
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 23465
interpreted = N
texte = I believe your code is correct except it thinks what you are sorting is text not numbers. I included the related page from the docs (found under Search/numbers) below.I hope it help.RH Prouty bristol> I am having problems sorting results. The number 100 is listing below 99, > 98 ... > > Is there a formatting error in my search? > > [search db=[sku].db&eqnamedata=t&bidsort=1&bidsdir=de&max=3] > > Thanks, > > Arthur > http://www.educorp.comxxxxxxxxxx Docs xxxxxxxxxxxxSearching - Numbers FieldNametype=numWebCatalog normally compares all fields in a database as though they were text, even if they look like numbers to you. Unless you tell it to compare a field numerically (or as a date), all comparisons are alphabetical. If your database has a numeric field (Price, for instance) that you wish to compare numerically, you would put something like the following in the search criteria:http://Results.tpl?command=search&gePricedata=99.95&Pricetype=num Why is this important? Imagine that WebCatalog is comparing two text fields that happen to contain numbers in them: Compare 10.95 to 9.95 -- when compared alphabetically, WebCatalog looks at the first letter in both fields and sees 1 and 9, respectively. In this case, it would (wrongly) assume that 9 is greater than 1 (which in an alphabetical sense is true), and would sort 9.95 after 10.95. This is probably not what you meant.When compared numerically, the two numbers would sort correctly.
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I believe your code is correct except it thinks what you are sorting is text not numbers. I included the related page from the docs (found under Search/numbers) below.I hope it help.RH Prouty bristol> I am having problems sorting results. The number 100 is listing below 99, > 98 ... > > Is there a formatting error in my search? > > [search db=[sku].db&eqnamedata=t&bidsort=1&bidsdir=de&max=3] > > Thanks, > > Arthur > http://www.educorp.comxxxxxxxxxx Docs xxxxxxxxxxxxSearching - Numbers FieldNametype=numWebCatalog normally compares all fields in a database as though they were text, even if they look like numbers to you. Unless you tell it to compare a field numerically (or as a date), all comparisons are alphabetical. If your database has a numeric field (Price, for instance) that you wish to compare numerically, you would put something like the following in the search criteria:http://Results.tpl?command=search&gePricedata=99.95&Pricetype=num Why is this important? Imagine that WebCatalog is comparing two text fields that happen to contain numbers in them: Compare 10.95 to 9.95 -- when compared alphabetically, WebCatalog looks at the first letter in both fields and sees 1 and 9, respectively. In this case, it would (wrongly) assume that 9 is greater than 1 (which in an alphabetical sense is true), and would sort 9.95 after 10.95. This is probably not what you meant.When compared numerically, the two numbers would sort correctly.
RH Prouty
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