[FX.php List] Sorting Problem

Dale Bengston dbengston at preservationstudio.com
Wed Jan 23 10:18:50 MST 2008


Hi Roger,

Back to the obvious... are all the fields referenced by the query  
actually on the 'web' layout?

Dale

On Jan 23, 2008, at 10:44 AM, Chris Hansen wrote:

> Roger,
>
> Nothing jumps out at me right away.  Could I have a look at the URL  
> returned via DEBUG, as well as the XML that comes back from that  
> URL?  Feel free to send them back channel.  Best,
>
> --Chris Hansen
>  FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
>  FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>  Creator of FX.php
>  "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>  www.iViking.org
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2008, at 2:35 AM, Roger Price wrote:
>
>> I have created a very simple prototype database with only 4 fields  
>> and 6 or so records - nothing too taxing. However I cannot get it  
>> to sort!
>>
>> member_id           (number)
>> pub_category        (text, indexed)
>> year_of_publication (text, indexed)
>> pub_description     (text, indexed)
>>
>> My fx.php instance is as follows:
>>
>> $dbPub = 'pub2.fp7';
>> $layPub = 'web';
>> $PubQuery = new FX($serverIP, $webCompanionPort, $dataSourceType);
>> $PubQuery ->SetDBData($dbPub, $layPub);
>> $PubQuery ->AddDBParam('member_id','1');
>> $PubQuery ->AddSortParam('pub_category','ascend',1);
>> #$PubQuery ->AddSortParam('year_of_publication','ascend',2);
>> #$PubQuery ->AddSortParam('pub_description','ascend',3);
>> $PubQuery ->setDBUserPass($webUN);
>> $PubData = $PubQuery->FMFind();
>>
>> As you can see I have commented out the secondary and tertiary  
>> sorts in case they are causing the problem. I have tried using an  
>> FM script to pre-sort the data but I cannot get this to work  
>> either. I have other databases where the records sort as expected  
>> and cannot see anything obviously different.
>>
>> I have turned on 'DEBUG' and display the contents of the array  
>> $PubData (error = 0)!
>>
>> This is probably one of those situations where I am overlooking  
>> something simple.
>>
>> Please can anyone offer a suggestion. I will post the content of  
>> $PubData if it is needed.
>>
>> Roger Price
>>
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>> Roger Price                                  INSTITUTE OF CRIMINOLOGY
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