You may be able to sort using a regex expression.
David
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From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 1:39 AM
To: 'abdul - ÚÈÏ ÇáÑÍãä' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ignoring in ORDER
Hi Abdul,
Can Mysql ignore alphabet , like 'the' when
ORDERING a name.
A sample :
I have a table (first_name) :
- The test.
- Falcon
- The Armageddon
- Battle
When ordering it will be :
Battle
Falcon
The Armageddon
The test.
Can it be like this :
The Armageddon
Battle
Falcon
The test.
Is that possible?
=Anything is possible!
=This is a common 'problem' in the library world where in the context of
titles 'the', 'a', 'al' are considered
'noise-words'. Some of the 'library' scripts available on the various
support/tutorial sites may offer
assistance.
=Here are three choices:
1 regimentation: insist that all title data entered, is expressed in a
sequence-friendly fashion, eg
Armageddon, The;
2 smart data: have two title fields in your db. One which is the title
straight off the cover. The other which
is a 'sequencing field' - sometimes with noise words removed/words
re-ordered, sometimes exactly the same. Users
should be presented with the former, but the RDBMS is programmed to
use/sequence using the latter;
3 smart queries: (this is more of a challenge) look up IF() [6.3
Functions for Use in SELECT and WHERE Clauses]
and rewrite the query so that if the title commences with a noise word
miss it out of the sort process, eg if
the left three characters are the sequence using only the
Arrmageddon part.
=Regards,
=dn
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