I solved this in an application by creating a separate "sort_name" field that was strictly used for sorting. Never seen or used by the user at all. We had a "before_save :build_sort_name" method that handled all sorts of cases. Wouldn't be too hard to add something similar for your scenario.
def build_sort_name sort_name = name.gsub(/^(The )(.*)/, '\2, \1') # change "The Title" to "Title, The " sort_name = "ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Other" if name = 'Other' # force 'Other' to sort after everything else end -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
