From: skodak <skodak>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 15:57:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Bug #5582 - sort by numerical field doesn't work properly with decimals; merged from... 
X-Git-Url: http://git.mjollnir.org/gw?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4df627dfbfbd18c4c0121d71c5c47de5d5ebb1f1;p=moodle.git

Bug #5582 - sort by numerical field doesn't work properly with decimals; merged from MOODLE_16_STABLE
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diff --git a/mod/data/field/number/field.class.php b/mod/data/field/number/field.class.php
index 072a415645..78600b4ff9 100755
--- a/mod/data/field/number/field.class.php
+++ b/mod/data/field/number/field.class.php
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ class data_field_number extends data_field_base {
         global $CFG;
 
         switch ($CFG->dbtype) {
-            case 'mysql':      // DECIMAL would be more accurate but only MySQL 5 supports it.
-                return 'CAST('.$fieldname.' AS SIGNED)';  
+            case 'mysql':   // string in an arithmetic operation is converted to a floating-point number
+                return '('.$fieldname.'+0.0)';  
 
             default:
                 return 'CAST('.$fieldname.' AS REAL)';