Sorry for the bump. This is still not working and it looks like my data and code are correct. Is this a bug? Any ideas?
On Feb 9, 10:23 am, Mike Beccaria <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm...That could be a problem. > I'm creating the json from a php object using json_encode() > andhttp://www.json.org/website mentions the use of double quotes, not > single, but I figured I'd try it anyway. I did a string replace of all > double quotes with single quotes, which works (the data has single > quotes, not doubles), but then the chart doesn't show up at all. > > Mike > > On Feb 9, 10:01 am, Fons Seesink <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I did not want to advise you to use "single", but the single qoutes as > > in ' rather than " to wrap your code in > > like i placed in your ( shortened) code > > {'cols':[{'id':.......'type':'number'}], > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 3:54 PM,MikeBeccaria<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for your help! Unfortunately it didn't work. If I understood > > > you correctly, you wanted me to use "single" as the "type" for the > > > checkouts column. I couldn't find any mention of a "single" type but > > > put it in there anyway and now the table won't sort. The data is live > > > with "single" now as the type. > > > > On this page: > > >http://code.google.com/apis/chart/interactive/docs/reference.html#Dat... > > > > It lists a getColumnType function that does not mention a "single" > > > type: > > > Returns the type of a given column specified by the column index. > > > columnIndex should be a number greater than or equal to zero, and > > > less than the number of columns as returned by the > > > getNumberOfColumns() method. > > > The returned column type can be one of the following: 'string' > > > 'number' 'boolean' 'date' 'datetime' 'timeofday' > > > > I'm not gonna lie, I'm a bit stumped at the moment and hope I'm > > > overlooking something simple. > > > Thanks again, > > >Mike > > > > On Feb 9, 8:53 am, Fons Seesink <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> indeed, have been looking with my eyes closed it seems > > >> in your code try and define with single ' rather than using " > > >> {'cols':[{'id':.......'type':'number'}], > > > >> not sure but the websites explaining about the topic all use single > > > >> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:48 PM,MikeBeccaria<[email protected]> > > >> wrote: > > >> > Not with my browser. I checked it this morning (just now) and noted > > >> > that the numbers don't sort in order. Here's a screenshot: > > >> >http://screencast.com/t/O5Otv4fv > > > >> > Notice the checkouts are supposed to be sorted from high to low but > > >> > they go from 9,8,...36,18,16. > > > >> >Mike > > > >> > On Feb 9, 7:05 am, Fons Seesink <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> Looking at your website, I think you sorted things out > > > >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:25 PM,MikeBeccaria<[email protected]> > > >> >> wrote: > > >> >> > I created my 1st visualization that creates a sortable table of > > >> >> > values. The problem is that when I sort the "Checkouts" column, they > > >> >> > sort like letters and not like numbers even though I specified the > > >> >> > column data type as a number. > > > >> >> > Here's the table: > > >> >> >http://library.paulsmiths.edu/test/charts/top5visualization.html > > > >> >> > And the json data that it queries: > > >> >> >http://library.paulsmiths.edu/test/charts/top5.php > > > >> >> > Notice that that Checkouts column is a number but when you sort the > > >> >> > column, it doesn't sort properly: > > >> >> > {"cols":[{"id":"year","label":"Year","type":"number"}, > > >> >> > {"id":"title","label":"Title","type":"string"}, > > >> >> > {"id":"checkouts","label":"Checkouts","type":"number"}], > > > >> >> > Sorted Copy from chart: > > >> >> > 2011 Dog hikes in the Adirondacks : 20 trails to enjoy > > >> >> > 9 > > >> >> > 2010 Water for elephants : a novel by Sara Gruen. 9 > > >> >> > 2010 The Eighth International Symposium on Environmenta > > >> >> > 9 > > >> >> > 2010 Streams : their ecology and life by Colbert.E. Cu > > >> >> > 8 > > >> >> > 2010 Introduction to permaculture by Bill Mollison wit > > >> >> > 8 > > >> >> > 2010 Negotiation by Roy J. Lewicki, Bruce Barry, David > > >> >> > 8 > > >> >> > 2010 Amuse-bouche : little bites that delight before th > > >> >> > 8 > > >> >> > 2010 Billy Joe Tatum's Wild foods cookbook and field gu > > >> >> > 8 > > >> >> > 2008 About wine by J. Patrick Henderson, Dellie Rex. 36 > > >> >> > 2011 The help by Kathryn Stockett. 18 > > >> >> > 2009 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. 16 > > >> >> > 2011 Research design : qualitative, quantitative, and m > > >> >> > 14 > > >> >> > 2009 Lies my teacher told me : everything your American > > >> >> > 14 > > >> >> > 2009 Marked : a house of night novel |c P.C. Cast and > > >> >> > 14 > > >> >> > 2008 Plows, plagues, and petroleum : how humans took co > > >> >> > 14 > > >> >> > 2010 How the other half lives; studies among the teneme > > >> >> > 13 > > > >> >> > Any idea how to fix this? Am I overlooking something? > > >> >> > Thanks, > > >> >> >Mike > > > >> >> > -- > > >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> >> > Groups "Google Chart API" group. > > >> >> > To post to this group, send email to > > >> >> > [email protected]. > > >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> >> > [email protected]. > > >> >> > For more options, visit this group > > >> >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en. > > > >> >> -- > > > >> >> Best regards > > >> >> Fons Seesink > > > >> > -- > > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> > Groups "Google Chart API" group. > > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> > [email protected]. > > >> > For more options, visit this group > > >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en. > > > >> -- > > > >> Best regards > > >> Fons Seesink > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Google Chart API" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en. > > > -- > > > Best regards > > Fons Seesink -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Chart API" group. 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