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Yes, sorting would only make sense if you created separate columns for area and population. You easily do that. [[User:Gero|Gero]] 21:57, 7 October 2007 (CEST)
 
Yes, sorting would only make sense if you created separate columns for area and population. You easily do that. [[User:Gero|Gero]] 21:57, 7 October 2007 (CEST)
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:* Well, ok.I was just wondering how the sorting mechanism works. If you have more than just a plain number in the cell things seem to get difficult. Especially when those have different amounts of digits. --[[User:Gollum2|Gollum2]] 14:10, 11 October 2007 (CEST)
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There is another problem, this time concerning the first table of this page: If you use Safari as a browser and sort the table according to population, the result is wrong. I assume this is due to the little footnote. With Firefox it works fine. Is there anything you could do about it. To get an idea what I am using this for have a look at http://en.wiki-products.org/Fuel_economy  . --[[User:Gollum2|Gollum2]] 14:10, 11 October 2007 (CEST)

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There seems tobe a problem with the second example. If you sort the table by area and population. The result does not make sense. Is there a way to limit the sorting to the fist number a cells content?--Gollum2 14:35, 7 October 2007 (CEST)


Yes, sorting would only make sense if you created separate columns for area and population. You easily do that. Gero 21:57, 7 October 2007 (CEST)

  • Well, ok.I was just wondering how the sorting mechanism works. If you have more than just a plain number in the cell things seem to get difficult. Especially when those have different amounts of digits. --Gollum2 14:10, 11 October 2007 (CEST)



There is another problem, this time concerning the first table of this page: If you use Safari as a browser and sort the table according to population, the result is wrong. I assume this is due to the little footnote. With Firefox it works fine. Is there anything you could do about it. To get an idea what I am using this for have a look at http://en.wiki-products.org/Fuel_economy . --Gollum2 14:10, 11 October 2007 (CEST)