Recent changes to HowToSortDatabases

HowToSortDatabases modified by bstp

bstp — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:17:03 -0000

HowToSortDatabases modified by Fulvio

Fulvio — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:30:36 -0000

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 The games contained in database are showed in the "Game List" window.
-It's possible to open multiple "Game List" windows for a database:
-![](https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/HowToSortDatabases/attachment/new_gamelist.png)
-and the result of every "Game List" window can be filter and sorted independently.
+It's possible to open multiple "Game List" windows for a database (image1) and the result of every "Game List" window can be filter and sorted independently.
 Double clicking on a column header sorts the games according to the data of that column.
 Optionally it's possible to add more criteria with a single click on a column header: when two games are equal according to the the first criteria, they are sorted using the second criteria, and so on.
 Example:
 1) show on top the latest games: double click on the "Date" column header
 2) sort the game with the same date by tournament: single click on the "Event" column header
- 
-

- 
+Image1: 
+![](https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/HowToSortDatabases/attachment/new_gamelist.png)

HowToSortDatabases modified by Fulvio

Fulvio — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:29:24 -0000

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+++ v4
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 The games contained in database are showed in the "Game List" window.
 It's possible to open multiple "Game List" windows for a database:
-![](http://)
-
+![](https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/HowToSortDatabases/attachment/new_gamelist.png)
 and the result of every "Game List" window can be filter and sorted independently.
 Double clicking on a column header sorts the games according to the data of that column.
 Optionally it's possible to add more criteria with a single click on a column header: when two games are equal according to the the first criteria, they are sorted using the second criteria, and so on.
 Example:
-* show on top the latest games: double click on the "Date" column header
-* sort the game with the same date by tournament: single click on the "Event" column header
+1) show on top the latest games: double click on the "Date" column header
+2) sort the game with the same date by tournament: single click on the "Event" column header

HowToSortDatabases modified by Fulvio

Fulvio — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:27:42 -0000

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+++ v3
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-The sorting function sorts all games in a database. You can select a number of sort criteria. When two games are equal according to the the first criteria, they are sorted using the second criteria, and so on. 
+The games contained in database are showed in the "Game List" window.
+It's possible to open multiple "Game List" windows for a database:
+![](http://)
+
+and the result of every "Game List" window can be filter and sorted independently.
+Double clicking on a column header sorts the games according to the data of that column.
+Optionally it's possible to add more criteria with a single click on a column header: when two games are equal according to the the first criteria, they are sorted using the second criteria, and so on.
+Example:
+* show on top the latest games: double click on the "Date" column header
+* sort the game with the same date by tournament: single click on the "Event" column header

-##### Sort criteria

-The available sorting criteria are: 
-  
-- Date (oldest games first) 
-- Year (same as date, but using the year only) 
-- Event name 
-- Site name 
-- Country (last 3 letters of Site name) 
-- Round name 
-- White name 
-- Rating (average of White and Black ratings, highest first) 
-- Black name 
-- Result (White wins, then draws, then Black wins) 
-- Length (number of full moves in the game) 
-- ECO (the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings code) 
+

-##### Sort results
- 
-When you sort a Scid database that is not read-only, the sort results are saved so the order of games in the database is permanently changed. If you want to the sort results to be temporary, make the database read-only first using the File: Read-only menu command. 
- 
-When you sort a database that is read-only or is actually a PGN file, the sort results cannot be saved so the sorted order of games will be lost when the file is closed. 
- 
-Note that sorting a database resets the search filter to contain all games. 
- 
-##### Important note about sorting databases:
- 
-When a database is sorted, the index file is altered but the game file is not changed. This means sorting a database will leave the game file records in a scrambled order relative to the index file. This can really slow down tree, position and material/pattern searches, so you should reorder the game file by compacting it after sorting the database to maintain good search performance. 
- 
-Note that only a database sorted by ECO codes can use the fast tree search modes. This however, also requires to compact the database after the sort procedure!

HowToSortDatabases modified by Benoit St-Pierre

Benoit St-Pierre — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 00:14:16 -0000

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 The sorting function sorts all games in a database. You can select a number of sort criteria. When two games are equal according to the the first criteria, they are sorted using the second criteria, and so on.

-Sort criteria
+##### Sort criteria

- The available sorting criteria are: 
+The available sorting criteria are: 

-     Date (oldest games first) 
-     Year (same as date, but using the year only) 
-     Event name 
-     Site name 
-     Country (last 3 letters of Site name) 
-     Round name 
-     White name 
-     Rating (average of White and Black ratings, highest first) 
-     Black name 
-     Result (White wins, then draws, then Black wins) 
-     Length (number of full moves in the game) 
-     ECO (the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings code) 
+- Date (oldest games first) 
+- Year (same as date, but using the year only) 
+- Event name 
+- Site name 
+- Country (last 3 letters of Site name) 
+- Round name 
+- White name 
+- Rating (average of White and Black ratings, highest first) 
+- Black name 
+- Result (White wins, then draws, then Black wins) 
+- Length (number of full moves in the game) 
+- ECO (the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings code) 

-Sort results
+##### Sort results

- When you sort a Scid database that is not read-only, the sort results are saved so the order of games in the database is permanently changed. If you want to the sort results to be temporary, make the database read-only first using the File: Read-only menu command. 
+When you sort a Scid database that is not read-only, the sort results are saved so the order of games in the database is permanently changed. If you want to the sort results to be temporary, make the database read-only first using the File: Read-only menu command. 

- When you sort a database that is read-only or is actually a PGN file, the sort results cannot be saved so the sorted order of games will be lost when the file is closed. 
+When you sort a database that is read-only or is actually a PGN file, the sort results cannot be saved so the sorted order of games will be lost when the file is closed. 

- Note that sorting a database resets the search filter to contain all games. 
+Note that sorting a database resets the search filter to contain all games. 

-Important note about sorting databases:
+##### Important note about sorting databases:

- When a database is sorted, the index file is altered but the game file is not changed. This means sorting a database will leave the game file records in a scrambled order relative to the index file. This can really slow down tree, position and material/pattern searches, so you should reorder the game file by compacting it after sorting the database to maintain good search performance. 
+When a database is sorted, the index file is altered but the game file is not changed. This means sorting a database will leave the game file records in a scrambled order relative to the index file. This can really slow down tree, position and material/pattern searches, so you should reorder the game file by compacting it after sorting the database to maintain good search performance. 

- Note that only a database sorted by ECO codes can use the fast tree search modes. This however, also requires to compact the database after the sort procedure! 
+Note that only a database sorted by ECO codes can use the fast tree search modes. This however, also requires to compact the database after the sort procedure!

HowToSortDatabases modified by Benoit St-Pierre

Benoit St-Pierre — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:22:49 -0000

The sorting function sorts all games in a database. You can select a number of sort criteria. When two games are equal according to the the first criteria, they are sorted using the second criteria, and so on.

Sort criteria

The available sorting criteria are:

 Date (oldest games first) 
 Year (same as date, but using the year only) 
 Event name 
 Site name 
 Country (last 3 letters of Site name) 
 Round name 
 White name 
 Rating (average of White and Black ratings, highest first) 
 Black name 
 Result (White wins, then draws, then Black wins) 
 Length (number of full moves in the game) 
 ECO (the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings code)

Sort results

When you sort a Scid database that is not read-only, the sort results are saved so the order of games in the database is permanently changed. If you want to the sort results to be temporary, make the database read-only first using the File: Read-only menu command.

When you sort a database that is read-only or is actually a PGN file, the sort results cannot be saved so the sorted order of games will be lost when the file is closed.

Note that sorting a database resets the search filter to contain all games.

Important note about sorting databases:

When a database is sorted, the index file is altered but the game file is not changed. This means sorting a database will leave the game file records in a scrambled order relative to the index file. This can really slow down tree, position and material/pattern searches, so you should reorder the game file by compacting it after sorting the database to maintain good search performance.

Note that only a database sorted by ECO codes can use the fast tree search modes. This however, also requires to compact the database after the sort procedure!