Re: [qmailadmin-devel] [PATCH] Mail robots don't always display properly

[Tom C. <to...@to...>]

On Jan 4, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Rick Widmer wrote:
> While that might fix your current problem, I believe the long term 
> solution will require valias code to maintain any arbitrary ordering 
> of entries.  I expect that to require adding an order field and sort 
> on that.  I have plans for it, but not a lot of time.  It is pretty 
> high on my list, but I wouldn't mind if someone beat me to it.  :)

I agree wholeheartedly.

I think that the valias table needs an auto-incrementing serial number 
field, and reads from it should sort on that field.  That way, you get 
the entries out in the order they were written.

I could even be possible to re-order the entries for a particular alias 
if necessary, but I think that the auto-increment is a good solution.

Adding it will require changes to each SQL backend, along with a script 
for users to add the field to their existing databases and assign 
values to all existing entries.  Yuk.  I still have to get my updated 
vdelivermail code released...

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