Sam Wrote something to the effect of: =====================================
Sorting belongs in the scripts/program... ------------------------------------------------- (sorry, accidently deleted the original message) ============================================== Sam, how about the sort_data subroutine as part of the core. Sorting data (in scripts is not that uncommon) so perhaps the sort_data subroutine would be good as part of the core? simran. On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 16:24, simran wrote: > Hi Sam, at all, > > I have developed a patch to enable sorting within loops specifying the > sort criteria within the template - don't know how useful others will > find it, but i can think of it being useful to the designers around here > anyway (and to me displaying the data sorted in different ways is a > design issue for the most part, hence the development of the patch). > > >From the Documentation - Part of the patch: > ========================================================================= > You can also sort the data within loops based on certian criteria. > Aka, you can do the following: > > <TMPL_LOOP NAME=PRODUCTS SORTBY="name;order=desc;type=alpha"> > Name : <TMPL_VAR NAME=NAME> > Description: <TMPL_VAR NAME=DESCRIPTION> > ID : <TMPL_VAR NAME=ID> > </TMPL_LOOP> > > The above will sort the loop on the "name" field, in ascending order > based on alphanumeric sort. Please see the documentation for > the sort_data() subroutine to see what is available as arguments > to "order" and "type". > > Note: You can leave the order and type options out and detauls > of "desc" and "alpha" will be used for them. > > Bugs: If you use the same loop multiple times in your template, > the sort criteria for the very first loop will apply. > (aka, any sort criteria given with the second/subsequent > usage of the loop in the same template will be ignored). > ========================================================================= > > Do others think its a useful feature/patch? If so, Sam, can i please > request for it to be patched into the core. > > thanks, > > simran. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Html-template-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/html-template-users
