Hi again. You said: "Not sure what you mean by this. Sorting the Location List is only a tool. So there is no "proper way" to sort. That's like saying there is a "proper way" to sort vegetables. One could sort alphabetically, by size, by weight, by color, etc. Which is "proper"? It depends."
Sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree with you there because you would probably never need to sort a genealogical database by any other way except alphabetically, in one way or another Your point about sorting by country, state, county, etc. is well taken and I can easily do that with a four division system. So, the proof is in the pudding. If anyone shows me a list that is sorted perfectly without using a standard approach, I'll eat my words... I've said all that I need to say - to each his own - I move on, my friend. And thanks for your ITools product. That has helped me out in several areas so far --Jerry On 11/18/2010 2:08 PM, Dennis M. Kowallek wrote: > On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:49:57 -0500, Jerry<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I would be interested >> in having any of you share your indexes with me to see if it sorts >> according to what would generally be recognized as the proper way to >> sort an index of locations. > Not sure what you mean by this. Sorting the Location List is only a > tool. So there is no "proper way" to sort. That's like saying there is a > "proper way" to sort vegetables. One could sort alphabetically, by size, > by weight, by color, etc. Which is "proper"? It depends. > > Sounds like you are hung up on setting the sort order of the list and > never/ever changing it again. Even if I did use a strict 4 division > method, there are times when I would want to see the list sorted by > city. And other times by state. And still other times by country. > >> My kind of four division method works very well "out of the >> box" with TNG (The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding). > Don't know how TNG handles locations so I can't comment on the pro's and > con's of how it is affected by the number of commas in a location. This > would have nothing to do with the sort setting in Legacy. > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
