[thelist] using array.sort() in JavaScript not handling case correctly

tom,

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> From: Tom Dell'Aringa
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> I have a select list that I want to dynamically sort by
> alpha. I am able to get it to work using array.sort(),
> except for the fact that it places upper-case letters
> BEFORE lower-case letters. My script is simple enough,
> I loop through my listbox, pull each text/value array
> into a new array, use the sort() function then throw
> them back in.
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erik, of webfx, recently wrote an article on sortable tables.  an entire
page is devoted to complex sorting.

http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/tablesort/tablesort.html

enjoy,

.jeff

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