Michael... That's pretty much what I told him. I figured it would at least be worth asking here to make sure I understood properly.
<!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Michael Traher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Ranking SQL records well a sort has to be based on some attribute of each record, either a number you assign as in your example of seniority ( a number could be assigned to job titles or maybe have a grade column) or as in your second example of photos being added to a gallery it could be on an existing column. For the photos what order do you want? could be chronological - date_added column or by the title of the photo perhaps? unless I miss the point entirely (which is quite possible :-) you have to decide the order and based it on one of the columns in the table. On 3/1/06, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Asking this question for a friend... > ----------------------------------- > I'm looking for a good way to pull entries from a database based on "rank" > (an arbitrary sort order). > > For example: A business' staff directory listed by seniority or position > (CEO at top) rather than default or alphabetical sort > OR: rearranging the display order of photos in a gallery > etc. > > I know I could add a field called 'sort' and assign a numerical value to > that field. But redefining the order could require modifying that field on > many records (especially in a photo gallery, where photos are being added > and removed). And if you wanted to add one between '5' and '6' you would > have to use something like '5.5' (then '5.7' to insert one between '5.5' > and > '6') which could also get ugly. > > There has to be a 'professional' simple solution to this, since it seems > like a very commonplace requirement. > ------------------------------- > -- Mike T Blog http://www.socialpoints.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233779 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
