Alphabetically ordering

gearoid · July 17, 2007, 4:10pm

Hey -

Need a hand with a straight forward problem…

I have names of systems stored in a table and I want the user of the
application to be able to have it ascending or descending
alphabetically. Is this possible using pagination?

Thanks in advance,
Gearoid.

gearoid · July 17, 2007, 4:25pm

Yes, it’s possible. One way to do it is to make sure you pass your
sort column and order to the pagination links, then pass these params
back to find in the controller.

On Jul 17, 10:10 am, Gearoid G. [email protected]

gearoid · July 17, 2007, 4:27pm

[email protected] wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I’ll give it a shot.

gearoid · July 17, 2007, 4:37pm

order = ( params[:order] == “desc” ? “ASC” : “DESC” )

paginate :systems, :order => “name #{order}”

Gearoid G. wrote:

I have names of systems stored in a table and I want the user of the
application to be able to have it ascending or descending
alphabetically. Is this possible using pagination?