[Zope] <dtml-in> sorting problem

[Tim Cook]

Michael Bernstein wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Here's my problem: I want to sort a list of objects on a property that
> not all items have. So I'm doing this:
> 
> <dtml-in sort=someProperty,someOtherProperty>
> 
> The problem is that those items that have a blank someProperty are
> listed first, when I want them at the bottom of the list. I don't want
> to reverse the entire sort order, I just want blank values treated as
> being larger than any other value.
> 
> Any suggestions?

Insert a chr(255) as the first character by default. It'll need
to be trimmed off if the property becomes populated.

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