Another thing is that if you do it based upon a number and let the client order by the number, he will be re-ordering all the time when new agents are hired. I would not do it that way myself since the agents could change quite often.
Doug B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11:56 AM Subject: RE: How to re-order items? > Rick > > I'm not sure how you your client defines seniority but a couple of ideas of > the top off my head. > If it's based on length of service add a database field called joindate and > sort on that. > Or if it's on say job title/rank add a jobtitleid field which references a > separate table with jobtitle and weight fields or more simply just assign > each jobtitle a number. > > Regards > Michael > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 February 2007 18:42 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: How to re-order items? > > Hi, all. > > I'm trying to figure out the best approach to > ordering the display of Real Estate agents on > a website. > > I have it by last name currently, but my client > wants to re-order by Seniority. > > So, I figured I'd just put a field in the database > called "Display_Order" and then the person who > manages the site could provide a number for > each person. e.g. 1 on top, 2 next, etc. > > The problem would come when an agent > gets added to the list who would be between 1 and 2. > (I don't want to use decimals). > > I can instruct the manager of the site to put 10 for the top > spot, then 20 for the second, etc. That leaves room for > additional spots to be added between 10 and 20. > > However, I'm looking for a long-term solution. > > Would it be a good approach to have them initially number > the agents starting with 10, then 20, and have them say, use > 15 if someone needed to between 10 and 20, but code the > site so that all number are rounded up to increments of 10 > upon entry into the database? > > 10 stays 10, but 15 becomes 20, 20 becomes 30, etc. > > Is that a good solution? What other solutions have any > of you used for this? > > Thanks for the insight. > > Rick > > (Remember. CF 4.5 here. :o) > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:269686 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
