Sorting beer reviews by style question

Talk Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by DIM, May 9, 2022.

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  1. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    When sorting my beer reviews by style, it seems that they are presented in a random order. Is this the case? They are not ordered by date, by score, or alphabetized, I can't find a pattern. Here is a partial list of my altbier reviews for instance.

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    This isn't an important question at all obviously, I'm just curious.
     
  2. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    They are all Altbiers if you look at the last line of each entry.
     
  3. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    Right, but why are the altbiers listed in that order? They aren't alphabetized, it's not by score, and not by date. So why are they in that order?
     
  4. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    When I click on any of my styles it automatically sorts to date in descending order. Not sure how yours is sorting.
     
  5. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    The list I posted is what I see when I click "Style" on my beer reviews page. Not "styles" and then selecting a style.

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  6. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Dunno then. Hope it's not ruining your day.
     
  7. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    lol, nope. Like I said, just curious.
     
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  8. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    Mine are in random order when I click on Style, just like @DIM 's list. I don't think there is an intentional secondary sort, but I can't explain your list. I'd say this is an @Todd question.
     
  9. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Correct. There's no secondary field ordering, but I could add one.
     
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  10. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    Go to your beers page, just above the graph, to the left, you'll see a hyperlink for styles -- click that and you'll see all your styles in order of quantity reviewed. Click a style and you'll see what I see.

    Simple, right? :wink:
     
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  11. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
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    It would be nice to sort specific styles (or other top-level categories) by date, score, brewery, etc.
     
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  12. DIM

    DIM Grand Pooh-Bah (4,788) Sep 28, 2006 Pennsylvania
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    A secondary field ordering would only be helpful when looking at somebody else's beer list, since your own beers are easily sortable. It would be nice, but I imagine your plate is plenty full!
     
  13. steveh

    steveh Grand Pooh-Bah (4,174) Oct 8, 2003 Illinois
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    I do it for research on past reviews all the time.
     
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  14. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    You take the high road and I'll take the low road. Same info arranged differently. Simple? Yes.
     
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  15. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    You'd be adding it into your code to be done automatically, right? It wouldn't be a secondary sort capability with various options by us?

    Probably a secondary sort by your code would be best in date order, but let's see if some discussion gets generated here (dependent on your reply to my question in the first paragraph).
     
  16. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Right.
     
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