Sorting question dealing with numbers.

[redrumloa]

Please see this example.

http://www.redrumloa.com/index.php?m...&cPath=182_183

See how it sorts numbers? not 1-10 then 11-20 etc. No, it does 1, 10, 2 etc.

Again, thank you for your kind assistance.

[patski]

Do you mean the item names aren't being correctly sorted? If so then they are according to the item name. In that context ie a text string, a number is just treated as more text therefore in an alpha listing you get 2,201,3,301 etc.

There are a number of places you can set sort orders - on the products themselves at the bottom of the entry page, or there are other settings in the various listing pages under Configuration which you could play around with.

[redrumloa]

Hi!

Here's the problem. I am trying to use Easy Populate to upload very large quantites of products and Easy Populate does not have a field for sort order. By default Zen Cart sorts alphabetically correct, but chokes on numbers 1, 11, 100, etc THEN 2. I'm hoping there is a way for it to sort numbers ascending correctly, then I won't need a special sort field.

[patski]

Never used EZPopulate so can't advise I'm afraid. I'm sure someone else will be along in a moment

[Ajeh]

Are you sorting based on products_name or based on products_sort_order

[redrumloa]

Are you sorting based on products_name or based on products_sort_order

Product Name

Thanks.