Strange sorting

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Wed Oct 6 15:50:14 EDT 2010


It's a known bug in 2.2.x where it's reading the numbers as OCTAL.

-derek

On Wed, October 6, 2010 3:43 pm, Fred Bone wrote:
> In my bank-account register, most entries are blank in the "Num" column
> (e.g. for standing orders / direct debits, direct credits, ATM
> withdrawals). For cheques I record the cheque number (6 digits); for one-
> off online transactions I often record the merchant's reference number
> (could be anything); etc.
>
> Looking for a particular cheque number just now, I sorted the register on
> "Number".
>
> As expected, entries with blank "Num" were first. However, the non-blank
> ones were not in the expected order, even after allowing for numeric
> filing after alphabetic. This makes finding the required entry something
> of a hit-and-miss affair. (Yes, I know I can use "Find" instead).
>
> Among the all-numeric ones, I got:
> 001800 to 001886 (in order), then
> 000192
> 000193
> 001686 to 001699
> 001780 to 001799
> 003790
> 000163 to 000165
> 000172
> 001768 to 001769
> 001778 to 001779
> 002348
> 002378
> 002379
> 002618
> 002619
> 004558
> 004559
> 001700
> 001761 to 001767
> 001770 to 001777
> 002110
> 002345 to 002347
> 002350 to 002354
> 002376 to 002377
> 002616 to 002617
> 002620 to 002621
> 004410 to 004415
> 004555 to 004557
> and so on.
>
> Any comments?
>
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