RE: Sorting search results

["Thompson-Jordan" <Thompson-Jordan@mindspring.com>]

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> Hi All,
>     When you search for something and it sorts the results, and it uses
> multiple pages through [more], it only sorts them page by page,
> and not the
> entire search results.  For instance, if you are sorting by
> price you will
> have $1 - $50 on page 1, but may have $3 - $60 on page 2.  It seems it
> should be $1 -$24 on page 1, and $25 - $60 on page 2, (or whatever).
>
>     Am I missing the proper way to do this, or are the results
> being sent to
> sort on a page by page basis, rather than the entire list upfront?

The [sort] tag only seems to work on the list on the page. To sort
everything returned by a search add a "tf=myfieldtosortby" in searh
parameters (that's mv_sort_field for forms). I wasted many days figuring
this out.

You can get rid of the [sort] tags as well. I don't know why you'd ever
want to use the [sort] tag. Maybe it's faster, so it you know that the
results of your search will fit on one page. I don't think I ever use it
though. Perhaps someone else can shed some light on this.

Christopher Thompson


> Thanks,
> Brian T. Allen
> brian@purenetfx.com
>
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