Re: [GNUe-dev] Recent additions to XML-tree of <datasource>-tag

[malek]

greaaat!!!

Quoting Johannes Vetter <address@hidden>:

> Hi,
> 
> I've added the "sortorder" and "sortfield" tags to the XML-Tree of
> GDataSource today. Following is an example:
> 
> <sortorder>
>   <sortfield name="foo" descending="True" />
>   <sortfield name="bar" />
>   ...
> </sortorder>
> 
> NOTE: default (if omitted) for 'descending' attribute is 'False'
> 
> This addition makes the use of 'order_by' obsolete, although it's still
> supported but a depreciation warning will be printed to stdout.
> 
> 
> What does this mean to Application Server:
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Of course appserver is now able to use this feature too. 
> Using the functions "request ()" or "find ()" you an specifiy an order 
> like [('foo', True), ('bar', False)] (same order as the example shown
> above).
> 
> But you don't need to change all your apps right now, since appserver
> treats all 'old' sequences with a 'descending=False' default. So the
> sort-order "['foo', 'bar']" maps consequently to [('foo', False),
> ('bar', False)].
> 
> Note: It makes no difference wether to use Tuples or Sequences, so 
> [('foo', True), ('bar', False)] 
> is the same as 
> [['foo', True], ['bar', False]]
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Johannes
> 
> 
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