Re: Sorting problems
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 32943
interpreted = N
texte = >When I do a search such and require the results to show sorted by price: > >[search >db=Entermerch.db&eqmajorCategorydatarq=[url][majorCategory][/url]&PRICEsort=1&PRICEsdir=as&max=12&AllHit=1&startat=[url][startat][/url]] > >[founditems] > >1,140 116 127 1,274 1,658 1,659 195 250 > >[/founditems] > >It seems to take only the first 3 digits into consideration? Okay, first of all you're not telling webcat to sort numerically, because your search context doesn't have a PRICEtype=num parameter in it. Please read the HTML docs under Searching to learn how to define a field type with parameters like this ...Also, your PRICE values have commas in them, so they are not properly formatted as numbers -- which means webcat won't be able to sort them numerically even after you add the above parameter.The *only* valid characters in a number are digits and a dot -- that's all. Therefore, you must add the parameter above as well as get rid of the commas, before you will be able to sort numerically and get the results you want ... :) ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>When I do a search such and require the results to show sorted by price: > >[search >db=Entermerch.db&eqmajorCategorydatarq=[url][majorCategory][/url]&PRICEsort=1&PRICEsdir=as&max=12&AllHit=1&startat=[url][startat][/url]] > >[founditems] > >1,140 116 127 1,274 1,658 1,659 195 250 > >[/founditems] > >It seems to take only the first 3 digits into consideration? Okay, first of all you're not telling webcat to sort numerically, because your search context doesn't have a PRICEtype=num parameter in it. Please read the HTML docs under Searching to learn how to define a field type with parameters like this ...Also, your PRICE values have commas in them, so they are not properly formatted as numbers -- which means webcat won't be able to sort them numerically even after you add the above parameter.The *only* valid characters in a number are digits and a dot -- that's all. Therefore, you must add the parameter above as well as get rid of the commas, before you will be able to sort numerically and get the results you want ... :) ================================ Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net ================================------------------------------------------------------------- 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://search.smithmicro.com/
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