Books sorting on First Name

[Zebedi]

I have found a strange glitch.

I have half a dozen authors with first name of Ben. These all sort by first name instead of last name. It only applies to Ben, no other 3 letter first names.

I have got round this by putting an extra n on the end - Benn.

But I am curious as to what’s different about this name.

[petrjahoda]

Hi Zebedi, few weeks ago I was solving a small problem: displaying authors with multiple names that include particles like "le," "du," "ben," and others. For example, an author can be "David Ben Gurion," and users wanted to sort by "Ben Gurion" not by just "Gurion." So I added a list of these particles to justRead, and this is the result for you.

But the proper solution is simple: skip the particle if it appears as the first part of the name (so "Ben Gurion" still sorts under G). I'm a bit ashamed I didn't think of it sooner, since it's pretty obvious in hindsight.

The fix is already in, as it was just one line of code change, and it will be in version 3.1 along with a few other small fixes.

Thanks for reporting this and have a nice day.

[Zebedi]

Thanks for the update, though none of my “Bens” have particles.

Just first and last name as in Ben Aaronovitch, but will see what happens with update, thanks.

[petrjahoda]

Originally Posted by Zebedi

Just first and last name as in Ben Aaronovitch, but will see what happens with update, thanks.

Yes and that is the 'problem', because now 'ben' is treated as that special particle for sorting. But is changed and will be in 3.1 (so Ben Aaronovitch will be sorted by properly by Aaronovitch)