function cdb_sort(pSortKey, pDirection, pSortType, pTable, pRecordIDs, pTarget)

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Summary

This function sorts the given list of record IDs based on a specified table key, direction, and sort type.

Inputs

• pSortKey (String) - The name of the key in the table to sort records by.
• pDirection (String) - Determines which direction, ascending or descending, to sort the records by.
• pSortType (String) - must be one of the following:
  • "binary"
  • "dateTime"
  • "international"
  • "numeric
  • "text"
• pTable (String) - The specified name of the table to be sorted.
• pRecordIDs (String) - The line-delimited list of record IDs.
• pTarget (String) - The place to sort the records from, either "cloud" or "local".

Outputs

(String) – Line-delimited list of record IDs in the order specified according to the parameters.

Additional Requirements

This API call requires internet access in order to sort cloud records.

Examples

local tSortKey, tDirection, tSortType, tTable, tRecordIDs, tTarget, tOutput

# Table name: clients                       
# Keys: firstName, lastName, age, income    
# Record: 
# [12345678-abcd-1234-cdef-1234567890ab]["firstName"] - "John"
#                                        ["lastName"] - "Smith"
#                                        ["age"] - "47"
#                                        ["income"] - "100000"
# [87654321-abcd-1234-cdef-1234567890ab]["firstName"] - "Jenny"
#                                        ["lastName"] - "Smith"
#                                        ["age"] - "46"
#                                        ["income"] - "100000"

put "age" into tSortKey
put "ascending" into tDirection
put "numeric" into tSortType
put "clients" into tTable
put "12345678-abcd-1234-cdef-1234567890ab" into tRecordIDs
put lf & "87654321-abcd-1234-cdef-1234567890ab" after tRecordIDs
put "cloud" into tTarget

cdb_sort(tSortKey,tDirection,tSortType,tTable,tRecordIDs,tTarget) into tOutput

# tOutput:
# 87654321-abcd-1234-cdef-1234567890ab
# 12345678-abcd-1234-cdef-1234567890ab