Forgot one thing, this is on Django 1.0.2.

Regards
Darryl


On 22/05/2009 11:40 AM, Darryl Ross wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have searched around but not really found an answer to this. For a
> project I am working on the customer wants a list of publications to be
> sorted alphabetically, but ignoring the definite/indefinite articles
> "the/a/an".
>
> Eg, the list should sort like
>
>     Adherence to ...
>     The Effects of ...
>     A Low Participation Rate ...
>     Trends in ...
>     Understanding ...
>     What Stops ...
>
> Is there a way of doing this using the ORM or a custom manager without
> having to write custom SQL every time I need to get a list of publications?
>
> I found the following page which has a method of doing it for MySQL:
>
> http://expressionengine.com/wiki/Sort_Entries_by_Title_Ignoring_The_A_An/
>
>


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