[Zope] <dtml-in> sorting problem
Michael Bernstein
mbernstein@profitscape.com
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:02:11 -0500
Tim Cook wrote:
>
> Michael Bernstein wrote:
> >
> > Here's my problem: I want to sort a list of objects on a property that
> > not all items have. So I'm doing this:
> >
> > <dtml-in sort=someProperty,someOtherProperty>
> >
> > The problem is that those items that have a blank someProperty are
> > listed first, when I want them at the bottom of the list. I don't want
> > to reverse the entire sort order, I just want blank values treated as
> > being larger than any other value.
>
> Insert a chr(255) as the first character by default. It'll need
> to be trimmed off if the property becomes populated.
Sounds good, how do I do that?
Michael Bernstein.