OK, I have now finally found some time to integrate multi-property sorting into SVN, though with major modifications in some parts. The patch was still very useful in many places.
Changes compared to earlier (patch) implementation: * Avoid multiple use of the same property tables in SQL queries (the patch created multiple joins for each sorted property, even if it was already existing). The patch also introduced a new method in SMWSQLStore that is no longer needed now. So things are slightly more efficient and generally shorter. * Alphabetical order of main result column can be incorporated into sorting by giving more order statements than sorting properties. Example: parameters "sort=birthday | order=asc,desc" will sort results by the property "birthday" (ascending) and order results with the same birthday reverse alphabetically. * Special:Ask has changed. It now has multiple sorting inputs, and new input fields can be added with a dedicated link. This link uses a new message which still needs translation in most languages. The advantage is that we can again use the translated selection for choosing the order instead of requiring people to enter things like "ASC, DESC" in all languages. * Relevant for developers: SMWQuery now uses a new way of representing sorting conditions and their order. Instead of having two variables (property name and order) as before, there is now a single array of format "Property_name" => "ASC"/"DESC". The new features will probably still need testing, and Special:Ask could probably be improved UI-wise (e.g. you cannot remove sorting condition input fields). Cheers, Markus On Donnerstag, 14. Februar 2008, cnit wrote: > > Dmitriy - as i suspect is the case with others, i'm monitoring your > > progress and supportive of this important addition. Thanks for your > > efforts. Dan > > Hello Dan, > > Thanks for the support! I am wondering, whether my code is robust > enough? You may try to use the patch on your wiki, if you need a > multiple sorting keys functionality. > > I've tweaked patch a little more. Also, now I've used svn diff instead > of linux diff utility, so it should be even easier to integrate. > > I just hope that this feature can be added to SVN. > Dmitriy -- Markus Krötzsch Institut AIFB, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 76128 Karlsruhe phone +49 (0)721 608 7362 fax +49 (0)721 608 5998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www http://korrekt.org
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