Worked like a champ:) Thanks!

On Feb 22, 10:27 am, TheCompWiz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Stop using "" around your digits.  In the results from your data set:
> (http://library.paulsmiths.edu/test/charts/top5.php) the results
> return values like: {"v":"10"}  ... which means the string "10" and
> not the number value "10".  Adjust your php to return {"v":10} for
> numeric values.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Mike Beccaria <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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/websitementions 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.
> > 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.

-- 
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 at 
http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en.

Reply via email to