is this on SQLite ? On Thursday, November 22, 2012 3:44:38 AM UTC+1, Mark Li wrote: > > I currently have a table with 'scores' as one of the fields, with the > field type 'double'. > > When I go to fetch a row (ordered by scores) and print the scores, they > come back sorted as if they were strings. > I use the following: > > rows = db(db.song_table).select(orderby = db.song_table.scores) > for x in rows: > print x.scores > > this prints out the following: > > -15.0 > -16.0 > -17.0 > -2.0 > -20.0 > -34.0 > 0.0 > 0.0 > 15.0 > 2.0 > 20.0 > > > The scores are ordered as if they were strings, not numbers. However, when > you fetch a score, it is still a float, not a string. > > Is this intended behavior, or a bug with field type 'double'? > > > I am aware that for field type 'integer', the scores are sorted properly, > but I will have decimals in my scores. > > > >
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