sorting by mixed fields
Timothy Miller
gandalf at doctortimothyMiller.com
Sun Dec 31 21:26:46 EST 2006
Hi,
I want to put a field called, say, "sequence number" on all the cards
in a rather large stack. They will contain whole numbers from 1 to x,
where X is the number of cards in the stack. They will represent the
sequence I would like the cards to be in after I do a bunch of sorts
and things.
I want to be able to sort cards by field "sequence"
The problem: In some cases, field "sequence" will be a bg field. In
other cases, it will be a card field. Bg field "sequence" might even
appear on more than one background.
There are too many cards in the stack to put a cd field "sequence" on
every card, and that would complicate the process of making new
cards, when needed.
I know I could set the numbers of cards by script, but doing that can
alter the numbering of other cards, so it gets tricky
My question: Given the foregoing, what happens if I try to sort cards
by field "sequence" ? Can this work?
The collateral question: If this has any chance of working, should I
sort cards by:
field "sequence" ? or
bg field "sequence" ?
Would it be better to set a customkey? E.g., "set the sequenceNumber
of this card to 522" ?
Can I sort cards by a customKey?
Any other good ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Tim
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