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4BYE

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Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« on: March 04, 2007, 01:52:30 am »

Only recently is noticed that some artist were not in good alphabatically order:

I get first:

2PAC
3rd Force
10CC
2002

I would say that it should go like this:

10CC
2002
2PAC
3rd Force

any idea why it works this way?
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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2007, 06:33:05 am »

Hi 4bye
Because the numbers 2 and 3 come before 10 and 20.  ;)
Imagine the numbers 2,3 looking 02,03 and you can see better
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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2007, 10:06:09 am »

You know, I remember complaining about this in other programs being the other way around.  It is good that it sorts that way.

As far as your musical taste, I also have 10cc (they're pretty good).  What about 38 Special?  You didn't go that far down!  2Pac, not a fan of (dislike most rap).  Never heard of 3rd Force and 2002.  Any songs I should try for those two bands?
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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2007, 12:25:19 pm »

My Picks Of - 3rd Force

Smooth Jazz

Here Comes the Night
In the Full Moon Light
Revelation of the Heart

38 Special

Back Where You Belong - Charted At 20 in 1984
Rockin' Into the Night - Charted At 43 in 1980
Caught Up in You - Charted At 06 in 1989
Hold on Loosely - Charted At 27 in 1981
Somebody Like You - Charted At 48 in 1986
Fantasy Girl - Charted At 52 in 1981

10 cc

Dreadlock Holiday - Charted At 01 in 1978
Things We Do for Love, the - Charted At 01 in 1978
People in Love - Charted At 40 in 1977
I'm not in Love - Charted At 01 in 1974
How Long    - Charted At 03 in 1975
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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2007, 01:02:00 pm »


Because the numbers 2 and 3 come before 10 and 20.  ;)

I can go with that but I would say 10(CC) goes before 2P(AC)

But I can live with that as long as it's thought about. ;D


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Theo
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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2007, 01:12:17 pm »

I would expect numeric fields to sort in numeric order.

I would expect alpha fields to sort in alpha order (I'm not saying this is good)

It looks like they are trying to give the best of both worlds.  It's kind of hard to do.  Where do you draw the line, just on the leading positions or everywhere? As an example:
Album A - Track 1
Album A - Track 10
Album A - Track 2

If this was the field your are sorting, you would never expect it to sort numerically.  So it can get confusing if the numeric sort is there when the leading positions are numeric.

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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2007, 01:12:39 pm »

Any songs I should try for those two bands?

I had a CD store and got a lot of CD's myself. Rap isn't my favorite too. But I put everything with name on my HD's and have it there for an occasion.

I like 3rd Force though. I have most albums and they are all great. It's a mix of smooth jazz, new age like, you just have to listen some tracks. If you like that try Acoustic Alchemy too.
2002 is New Age music. I recently found out myself.

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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2007, 06:57:31 pm »

I think J River should add another top level forum category called Media.  Then, have forums for:
1) Big Label Music Artists
2) Independent Artists
3) Movies
4) Video Clips & Commercials
5) Podcasts & Miscellaneous

That way, we could discuss the content that we store in MC, too.  It would help us broaden our musical (etc) tastes.
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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2007, 07:15:45 am »

I think J River should add another top level forum category called Media.  Then, have forums for:
1) Big Label Music Artists
2) Independent Artists
3) Movies
4) Video Clips & Commercials
5) Podcasts & Miscellaneous

That way, we could discuss the content that we store in MC, too.  It would help us broaden our musical (etc) tastes.

I like that idea =)

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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #9 on: March 05, 2007, 02:44:31 pm »

You got my vote too... :D
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Re: Sorting alphabatically is wrong!?
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2007, 03:04:57 pm »

2Pac is better than all of them.
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Re: Sorting alphabetically is wrong!?
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2007, 03:13:17 pm »

2Pac is better than all of them.

I think he died (It's not breaking news)

I seen a special on it this past weekend

He Lived like 9 days after he took 5 rounds, the suspect died 2 years after.
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