[mythtv-commits] Ticket #1678: mythvideo sorting is case-sensitive

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#1678: mythvideo sorting is case-sensitive
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 Reporter:  thomas at boerkel.de  |        Owner:  awithers
     Type:  patch              |       Status:  new     
 Priority:  minor              |    Milestone:          
Component:  mythvideo          |      Version:  0.19    
 Severity:  low                |   Resolution:          
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Comment (by sphery <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>):

 Updated patches (*-mythvideo-titlesortkey_in_database.patch).  As
 described at http://www.gossamer-
 threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/199541#199541 , this patch modifies
 !MythVideo to use a user-specifiable title-sort key that's stored in the
 database (per JDS's suggestion in the comment he added above the existing
 sort code).  To support the new title-sort key, the patch makes the
 following changes:

  * Updates the DB schema and adds a column, titlesortkey, to the
 videometadata table of the database (the column is 256 characters--2x the
 size of the title column--to allow the user to specify secondary or
 tertiary sort keys as desired (within reason))
  * Creates a default "guess" value for titlesortkey (using the current
 value of title with initial indefinite articles removed)
  * Removes all in-application sorting code (now that sorting is done by
 the database)
  * Adds an editable text box for "Title-Sort Key" to the "Edit Video
 Metadata" screen
  * Updates all themes to support the new titlesortkey (the only changes in
 myththemes-mythvideo-titlesortkey_in_database.patch mythtv-mythvideo-
 titlesortkey_in_database.patch are theme updates)
  * Automatically guesses the titlesortkey when a new video is found during
 scan, when metadata is reset, when an IMDB movie data search is performed,
 or when metadata is written to the database with no value for titlesortkey
  * Changes all usage of the title sort (kOrderByTitle) to use the
 titlesortkey (this includes the Video Manager, so sorting will be
 consistent in all places within !MythVideo)

 Although the "guess" is not lower-case, since MySQL performs case-
 insensitive sorts, the patch fixes the issue in this ticket by moving the
 sorting back to MySQL

 The SQL UPDATE in dbcheck.cpp should work for all supported versions of
 MySQL.  It trims the initial indefinite articles from titles to create the
 titlesortkey using the translated value of the "indefinite articles regex"
 to ensure the initial titlesortkey are correct--even for non-English
 speakers.

 The "guessed" value of titlesortkey does not include any secondary (or
 tertiary) sort keys.  Therefore, a user who has multiple videos differing
 only in initial articles and/or case may choose to append additional key
 information to the titlesortkey to specify an order for these like-named
 videos.  If the "guessed" value is used, the like-named videos will appear
 in the order they were added to the database (from oldest to newest),
 which is a reasonable default.

 Users wanting "custom" sorting may either edit the "Title-Sort Key" via
 the GUI or may use SQL to  update the titlesortkey column for multiple
 videos with a single command.

 Note that the titlesortkey is only used when the user sets the view to be
 sorted by title (kOrderByTitle).

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