[FX.php List] Best way to sort?

[Denis Somar]

It is indeed indexed.  I'm thinking of just sorting in FM - Would you
happen to have a snippet to show how to sort the xml?

Cheers,
D



On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Steve Winter <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz>wrote:

> Hi Denis
>
> My thoughts...
>
> Is the field which you want to sort by indexed (or indexible) in FM...? If
> so, add a sort parameter to your FX query.
>
> If not, get the results back in 'whatever' order from FM and sort with
> PHP...
>
> That said, the only way to know for sure is to generate a large record set
> and try both ways...
>
> Let us know what you find...
>
> Cheers
> Steve
>
> Sent from the iPhone of Steve Winter
> Matatiro Solutions
> steve at matatirosolutions.co.uk
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>
> On 17 May 2012, at 21:29, Denis Somar <dsomar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Any best advice on the optimal way to sort.
> >
> > I'm not doing anything wild other than sorting in descending order by
> creation date (and I have this field ), but wanted to know if there's an
> optimal way to do it.  There can be between 1-(infinity and beyond) most
> likely 100 results sorted.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Denis
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