[ic] "Sort by" in the results page

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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 04:53:46PM -0600, Jim Sustacek wrote:
> Here's what I have for column header links on my Results page to sort search results:
> 
> by [search region]:
> [if cgi ui_sort_field]
> 		[sort products:category:f products:db:f products:[cgi ui_sort_field]:f 
                        at the very least this is missing a ']' to close
> 	[else]
> 		[sort products:category:f products:db:f]
> 	[/else]
> [/if]
> 
> and in the column header definitions:
> [page href=@@MV_PAGE@@ form=`
> 	return "ui_sort_field=description\n" . sortrev('description');
> 	`]Description</A>
> 
> I'm already sorting the search by the category & db fields, and if they click on the "Description" header I'd like for it to sort by that also.  Unfortunately, this just puts a bunch of [sort products:category:f products:db:f] things on my Results page, and the Description header link just gives an Error - no search specified.  Can I use these cgi things to set sorts?  If so, what am i doing wrong?  If not, then how?
> 
> Thanks--
> Jim Sustacek
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