Sorting [was: Polygrid sorting]

[Paul Dupuis]

Perhaps some expansion of the column "pgContentTypeofColumn" property? 
The current possible values are: 
text|svg-lcname|imagedata|imagefile|color|boolean|autoincrement
Allowing the addition of 'numeric' and 'datetime' would at least allow a 
mapping to sorts although sort support 'international' (perhaps should 
be the default for a polygrid column of type "text" and "binary". I am 
also not sure how svg-iconname, imagedata, imagefile, and color should 
sort. Perhaps svg-iconname should sort as "text". Bolean can sort as 
"text" since ascending puts "false" first and descending puts "true" first.


On 8/15/2022 7:25 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode wrote:
> So it occurred to me, while playing with sorting by columns, that it 
> might be nice to have an additional "sortType" available.
>
> I'd like to be able to say
>
>  - if all the 'things' being sorted on are numbers, then sort numeric, 
> otherwise sort alphabetical.
>
> Would that be a reasonable enhancement request ?
>
> Would "natural" be a reasonable suggested name ?
>
> Alex.
>
>
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