CDpedia 4.5.1: Weird sorting bug
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:10 pm
I had two entries one with
Orig Release = Jun 21 1982, Release = Sep 20 1994
one with
Orig Release = Jun 21 1982, Release = Jan 24 2006
When I sorted (Release then Original Release) with ascending dates (later dates are lower), the second disc was first! In other words, the sort wasn't stable. I tried retyping the dates, checking for extra whitespace (there was none), nothing worked. Then I had an inspiration. I retyped the Original Release dates as numbers, not words i.e. 21/6/1982. Voila! Things were now sorted properly. As I said, weird.
Orig Release = Jun 21 1982, Release = Sep 20 1994
one with
Orig Release = Jun 21 1982, Release = Jan 24 2006
When I sorted (Release then Original Release) with ascending dates (later dates are lower), the second disc was first! In other words, the sort wasn't stable. I tried retyping the dates, checking for extra whitespace (there was none), nothing worked. Then I had an inspiration. I retyped the Original Release dates as numbers, not words i.e. 21/6/1982. Voila! Things were now sorted properly. As I said, weird.