[ic] Sorting Options

[interchange-users@icdevgroup.org (Mike Heins)]

Quoting Cameron (lists@cameroncorda.com):
> Kevin Walsh wrote:
> 
> >>What do I need to add to make the options sorted by their sort field?
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >You need "tf=sort" in your original search parameter list.  The "tf"
> >parameter specifies the column(s) by which the search results should
> >be sorted.
> >
> >For more information, see the "The Search Engine" section of the
> >"Interchange Database" manual.
> >
> >  
> >
> I already have a tf in the original search, that sorts the search so 
> that the products form in the right way.  I'm talking about the options 
> table.  If I want a product to list the options in the order color, then 
> size, then price, what do I do?  Currently I have the values 01, 02, and 
> 03 for the options in the order I want.  The problem is that sometimes 
> options will get listed in different orders, e.g. size, then color, then 
> price.

That is actually a deficiency in the code. Matrix options sort by the
o_sort field (or whatever MV_OPTION_TABLE_MAP defines that to be). That
should also be done for simple options if the field is present, I think.

Certainly it should be done with an option.

I will put this in the todo list.

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