Just to avoid confusion, when I say clustered I am talking about postgresql. See: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/sql-cluster.html
2013/10/9 Derek <sp1d...@gmail.com> > You have a point, if it's a grid or smartgrid, and paging is enabled, it > should be sorted by the developer's preference, and secondly by the primary > key, whether that's an ID or something else. > > > On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 1:41:04 PM UTC-7, Anthony wrote: >> >> >> Good point -- perhaps orderby_on_limitby should default to False -- then >>>> the grid can simply set it to True. Actually, I wonder if the grid should >>>> go further and additionally order on primary keys even when an explicit >>>> orderby is specified (just in case the orderby field(s) do not contain >>>> unique values). >>>> >>> >>> No, it should preserve the order you set. If you know enough to set the >>> order, you can add columns to the order easily enough. >>> >> >> Not sure I agree with that. Users typically specify an orderby only >> because they would like the records displayed in a particular order, not >> because they are seeking to explicitly handle pagination. Let's say I'm >> listing US addresses in a grid and specify orderby=db.address.state. In >> that case, I'm saying I want addresses sorted by state, and within state, I >> don't care about the order. But I'm not saying that I want pagination to >> fail in case records from a given state happen to span from one page to the >> next. Just because I want to order by state doesn't mean I know enough to >> provide all the necessary orderby fields to guarantee proper pagination. If >> the grid does this for me when I specify no orderby, why shouldn't it do it >> for me when I do specify an orderby? >> >> Anthony >> > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
