[pdb_list] doesn't show in alphabetic order

I am having the same problem! My code looks like this:

[pdb_list filter=”surname=zzzz” search=”true” fields=”surname,first_name,middle_name,date_of_birth,date_of_death” orderby=”surname,first_name” order=”asc”]

The filter is supposed to force the page to load with no results, which isn’t working.

My list is not ordering by surname, either – you will note some last names beginning with other than “a” in the first page of records (which shouldn’t be showing at all because of the filter setting)

https://s346897203.onlinehome.us/wordpress/obituaries-listing/

PS – please don’t be creeped out by the fact that my participants are 38,000 dead people. ;o)

Xnau – I did some testing and I think there’s some database caching issue – If I remove the entire pdb_list code from the page via cut, save and preview to ensure the page empty, then paste the cut code back, save and preview, it works as expected.

Ultimately – this code worked when I followed the steps above – not sure for how long, though. I happy to do a screencast to demo if it will help you track down the bug.

[pdb_list filter=”surname=zzzz” search=”true” fields=”surname,first_name,middle_name,date_of_birth,date_of_death” orderby=”surname,first_name” order=”asc”]

Hi Melinda,

I’m not a programmer. Can you tell me where you changed the code settings…

Thanks,
Rob.

Found it and the alphabetic order works, just fine tuning in how to get the right fields in… But it anyhow it is alphabetic!

Thanks!

Hi Melinda,

I finally used:

[pdb_list filter=”surname=zzzz” search=”false” fields=”mv,initials,last_name,address,city,zip,email” orderby=”last_name” “surname,first_name” order=”asc”]

Works like a charm…
Just a minor thing. It didn’t listen to the rows. But whatever…

Thanks again for your solution!

Rob, you don’t need to use surname in your list if it’s not one of your fields – it is one of mine. You may want to check out the “other info” tab of the plugin page – there is a lot of info there on configuring to your needs:

Cheers!
Melinda