Assigning "position" in repeat region

Question

I have a site that runs a contest and displays winners from
across the
nation. Through the year they compete and can go online to
see where they
stand in relation to others in their same territory. In order
to display
the winner's positions on the page, I sort the underlying
data in sql using
the necessary criteria, then on my asp page, as part of the
repeat region, I
run code that loops through the recordset and uses an x+1
method of
displaying each person's position. Whether or not this is the
best way to
do this, it works.
MY PROBLEM...
Up until now I only needed to display the positions based on
one selected
territory. So my results would always simply show 1 -x, in
order.
Joe territory1 1
Van territory1 2
Tim territory1 3
Bob territory1 4
NOW I am being asked to show the entire nation on one page
for
administrators. They want to see ALL the territories and the
positions of
each person for each territory, and have the ability to sort
based on
various columns. So now my "positions" column will have
several people in
1st position, several in 2nd, etc.
Joe territory1 1
Jen territory2 1
Van territory1 2
Sue territory2 2
Tim territory1 3
Len territory2 3
Bob territory1 4
Ken territory2 4
I'm not sure how to go about this, and would greatly
appreciate any advice!

Answer 1

In the actual case the criteria for winning is that 1) ALL
criteria are met
(there are actually four of them, not two as shown in my
example), and then
2) you have the highest perentage.
So in the case below, remembering that each territory has its
own set of
winners, it would look like this (if sorted by winning
position - keeping in
mind that I need to allow sorting on ANY column by the user):
name territory Criteria_A Criteria_B Criteria_C POS
Bob 1 74% Y Y
1
Tim 1 42% Y Y
2
Van 1 25% Y Y
3
Len 2 66% N Y
1
Sue 2 56% N Y
2
Joe 1 43% Y N
4
Ken 2 82% N N
3
Jen 2 68% N N
4
Here you can see that Bob, Tim, and Van all have Y for both
their B & C
criteria, so they are sorted to the top (how I do that is
somewhat secondary
at this point -- you can just assume that Y=10 and N=0 and
I'll sort on the
sum of those columns).
Then Len, Sue, and Joe each have one Y and one N, so they are
grouped
together based on that, then sorted by percent. Note that Joe
has a
position of 4 because he is in Territory 1.
Lastly, Ken and Jen have "N" for both criteria, so they are
sorted last, and
then by their percentage.
I put a dashed line in there as a visual aid -- doesn't need
to be in my
results.
"Pizza Good" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hmm...interesting.
>
> In the sample data below, can you please sort them how
you want them to
> appear? I want to see how you handle the Y's and N's.
>
>
> "HX" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Because "position" isn't a field in the database -
it's determined based
>> on sorting the list on various criteria. For
example, let's say the
>> winner for each territory will have met all of
criteria_B and _C and then
>> will have the highest % in criteria_A . All I have
in my database is:
>>
>> name territory Criteria_A Criteria_B Criteria_C
>> Joe 1 43% Y N
>> Jen 2 68% N N
>> Van 1 25% Y Y
>> Sue 2 56% N Y
>> Tim 1 42% Y Y
>> Len 2 66% N Y
>> Bob 1 74% Y Y
>> Ken 2 82% N N
>>
>> For Territory 1 I can pull out those names, sort
based on my criteria,
>> then loop in my repeat region and assign their
positions right there in
>> the asp.
>>
>> But when I combine ALL of them onto one page, I
can't do that.
>>
>> Is there some way to set those positions in the
sub-query (for each
>> territory) and reference that field in a 2nd query?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Pizza Good" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Why not just sort by both fields?
>>>
>>> Not sure what your fields are called so I will
use:
>>>
>>> territory
>>> position
>>>
>>> ORDER BY territory ASC, position ASC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "HX" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>I have a site that runs a contest and
displays winners from across the
>>>>nation. Through the year they compete and can
go online to see where
>>>>they stand in relation to others in their
same territory. In order to
>>>>display the winner's positions on the page, I
sort the underlying data
>>>>in sql using the necessary criteria, then on
my asp page, as part of the
>>>>repeat region, I run code that loops through
the recordset and uses an
>>>>x+1 method of displaying each person's
position. Whether or not this is
>>>>the best way to do this, it works.
>>>>
>>>> MY PROBLEM...
>>>>
>>>> Up until now I only needed to display the
positions based on one
>>>> selected territory. So my results would
always simply show 1 -x, in
>>>> order.
>>>>
>>>> Joe territory1 1
>>>> Van territory1 2
>>>> Tim territory1 3
>>>> Bob territory1 4
>>>>
>>>> NOW I am being asked to show the entire
nation on one page for
>>>> administrators. They want to see ALL the
territories and the positions
>>>> of each person for each territory, and have
the ability to sort based
>>>> on various columns. So now my "positions"
column will have several
>>>> people in 1st position, several in 2nd, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Joe territory1 1
>>>> Jen territory2 1
>>>> Van territory1 2
>>>> Sue territory2 2
>>>> Tim territory1 3
>>>> Len territory2 3
>>>> Bob territory1 4
>>>> Ken territory2 4
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure how to go about this, and would
greatly appreciate any
>>>> advice!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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