On 21 May 2012 04:42, Jim Klo <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're trying to sort hierarchically using integers as id's, assuming > the id's grow incrementally with time (say you were using local_seq), the > arrays will naturally sort numerically, whereas strings are going to sort > alphanumerically, meaning 2, 3, 22, 33 vs "2", "22", "3","33". > > Hence, > > [ 1, 2 ] > [ 1, 3 ] > [ 1, 3, 10 ] > [ 1, 22 ] > [ 1, 22, 4 ] > [ 1, 22, 5 ] > > Which is what I think your intended sort order? >
That's a useful tip - thanks Jim! A+ Dave
