Calibre Server Sort Issue

DarkKniyt · 11-21-2012, 11:26 AM

I have the Calibre-Server running on a home server and access it via a web browser on another pc.

I have a user added Column called "Chronology" that I wish to sort on when viewing from a web browser.

Right now the field has the following type of data in it:
'R1' thru 'R186'. (Indexed Series field type).

I can select "Chronology" from the home page and pull up the data but it is sorted starting from 'R186' with the last entry being 'R1'.

Is there a way to sort this in ascending-order?

Thanks in advance!

kovidgoyal · 11-21-2012, 11:41 AM

IIRC in the server interface you can change the field you sort on but not the order (i.e. not ascending vs. descending).

theducks · 11-21-2012, 11:51 AM

That field sort will not work for you because it will 'Alpha sort'
to sort you need to pad the numbers with Leading 0's so the digits all have the same number of places

R001

otherwise you will get :
R1
R10
R100
R2
R20
R3

11-21-2012, 11:26 AM	#1
DarkKniyt Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Michigan Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Calibre Server Sort Issue I have the Calibre-Server running on a home server and access it via a web browser on another pc. I have a user added Column called "Chronology" that I wish to sort on when viewing from a web browser. Right now the field has the following type of data in it: 'R1' thru 'R186'. (Indexed Series field type). I can select "Chronology" from the home page and pull up the data but it is sorted starting from 'R186' with the last entry being 'R1'. Is there a way to sort this in ascending-order? Thanks in advance!

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11-21-2012, 11:41 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,842 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC in the server interface you can change the field you sort on but not the order (i.e. not ascending vs. descending).

11-21-2012, 11:51 AM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,779 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	That field sort will not work for you because it will 'Alpha sort' to sort you need to pad the numbers with Leading 0's so the digits all have the same number of places R001 otherwise you will get : R1 R10 R100 R2 R20 R3

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