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I’m trying to numerically sort a group of entries using a custom field (course_number) set up in FF Matrix 1.3.5. The results are interesting. Instead of one group listed numerically, my sort breaks up into two groups:

  Group One: PBIO 4600 / 6600 - PBIO 8010 followed by
  Group Two: PBIO 1220L - PBIO 9300

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="courses" category="{embed:my_cat}" show_future_entries="yes" show_expired="yes" dynamic="off" orderby="course_number" sort="asc"}

Shouldn’t this work? Am I missing something?

Jan

No can do.

To the weblog:entries tag the content in your FFM is all in one serialized field.  It can’t “see” one column to use as a sort parameter.

In effect you are trying to sort an outer loop by a value only available inside an inner loop.  You can sort by course number within one weblog entry’s matrix rows, but not the entries themselves.

I was worried about that - I thought I read something to that effect. Thanks Michael and thanks for all the work you put in to create your EE tutorial book and websites. Both were my go-to references when I first started using EE.

My pleasure!