can sorting ignore characters like ", ' and (

[simoncn]

(17-11-2014 14:05)adrian Wrote:  So does this mean I add a new tag to my database, say TitleSort, and if a particular file has a title of "Foo Bar" (with the quotes in the title) then I set the titlesort tag to Foo Bar without the double quotes. And then I do something like

tagValue = Title.sort={TitleSort,Title}

The setting is Title.value.sort={TitleSort}

Quote:If I have to modify my database I may have to consider instead removing the troublesome characters from the titles instead. Would it make sense to have a sort option to ignore a list of characters? I can't think of a situation where somebody wants their titles sorted on leading punctuation marks.

It would be possible to add something like this but I am concerned about making this already complex area even more complex. The use of TitleSort to provide a custom sort value for Title is reasonably well established as an industry standard and I think it makes sense for MinimServer to use this mechanism to handle exceptional cases.