Actually you can do this in your view:
$paginator->sort('Name','name',array('direction'=>'desc'));
At least the API says that. But I tried and it didn't work. Maybe it's
not yet implemented in the current 1.2beta. Or my syntax is not
correct. Anyone any idea?
Donnerbeil
On 20 Mai, 11:09, Tim W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the end my solution was to copy the paginator helper class to my
> application helpers directory, then in the sort method swap every
> instance of "asc" and "desc". It's not a great solution, but it works.
> I'd love to hear about better solutions to get the initial sort
> direction to be desc instead of asc.
>
> On May 8, 12:35 am, Tim W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Marcin.
>
> > I don't think i've been entirely clear. I can easily set the sort
> > order programmatically, but when the user first clicks on a link to
> > sort a column it automatically sorts ASC. I'd like to change that
> > behavior to default first to DESC. I can do it by hacking around with
> > the cake source, or doing it myself, I just wondered if there was a
> > way built in, since it'd probably be a pretty common thing to try to
> > do. If not i'll add it and see if I can work out how to submit a
> > change request.
>
> > Cheers
>
> > Tim
>
> > On May 7, 10:33 pm, "Marcin Domanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > 'order' => 'Model.column DESC'
>
> > > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 11:26 AM,TimW<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately it didn't work for me.
>
> > > > SQL Error: 1054: Unknown column 'DESC' in 'order clause'
>
> > > > I'll spend some time to work this out at some point, i'll post when I
> > > > do, unless someone's worked it out already and can tell me.
>
> > > > Thanks
>
> > > > Tim
>
> > > > On May 7, 8:11 pm, "Andras Kende" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
>
> > > > > try this in your controller:
>
> > > > > var $paginate = array('limit' => 100, 'page' => 1, 'order' =>
> > > > 'DESC');
>
> > > > > Andras Kende
>
> > > > >http://www.kende.com
>
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
>
> > > > > OfTimW
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:26 AM
> > > > > To: CakePHP
> > > > > Subject: Making Paginator first sort direction DESC
>
> > > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > > Paginator's great, like the rest of Cake, but there's one little
> > > > thing
> > > > > I haven't been able to work out. By default when you click on a
> > > > column
> > > > > to sort it will sort ASC (ascending), but i'd like the first sort to
> > > > > be DESC (descending). The options suggest this might be possible, but
> > > > > I haven't worked it out. Does anyone know if this is possible?
>
> > > > > Thanks
>
> > > > >TIm
>
> > > --
> > > Marcin Domanskihttp://kabturek.info
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