Cannot Delete dragSortOrder

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Last Post: August 23, 2009   (RSS)

By erinm356 - April 8, 2009

I'm using the most recent version of CMS Builder (1.27). I have a section that I want to order alphabetically. I cannot get rid of dragSortOrder. I've tried deleting the field - it's still there when I refresh. Deleting dragSortOrder from the top just throws an error. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Erin

Re: [erinm356] Cannot Delete dragSortOrder

By ross - April 9, 2009

Hi Erin

Thanks for posting!

the dragSortOrder field is actually used in a couple places so you'll need to make sure all referneces to it are deleted.

The one I think you are missing is on the Sorting tab of the section editor. By default, that will be:

dragSortOrder DESC

Try removing that, then removing it from the General tab and then delete the field.

That should work. Make sure to save the table as well :).
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Re: [ross] Cannot Delete dragSortOrder

By erinm356 - April 9, 2009

Well, it really could just be me, but that is not working at all. I've tried just about every possible combination of deleting the field and deleting the settings from the General and Sorting tabs. Any other ideas?

Re: [erinm356] Cannot Delete dragSortOrder

By erinm356 - April 9, 2009

I just deleted the dragSortOrder column from the MySQL table (from within MySQL) and when I went back to CMS Builder, it added it again.

Re: [ross] Cannot Delete dragSortOrder

By erinm356 - April 9, 2009

Thanks, Ross. The third line in your last post was exactly what I needed. It's working perfectly now. Thanks again!

Re: [erinm356] Cannot Delete dragSortOrder

By (Deleted User) - August 23, 2009

I had the same problem. I could not get rid of the DragSortOrder. I deleted that editor and tried again! Did not help until I just read this post. Worked fine.

I could not figure it out because I just finished a site for another client and I sorted some editors alphabetically. I was going out of my mind trying to make this work. Then I realized that the first client runs V1.29 and the new project I am working on is running 1.32.

After wasting 3 hours, I came to the support message board, made a search and got the answer right away.

So learn from my mistake. Don’t waste hours trying to troubleshoot yourself before check the boards…