[thelist] sorting vertically into html table columns

[rudy]

> Today, I was asked by a client to display a recordset of
> unknown amount in an unknown number of columns
> in a table, sorted vertically in alphabetical order

hey matt, a while back i wrote some CF code that'll do exactly what
you describe in three columns -- and balanced, too, so that there's
"n/3 plus or minus 1" entries in each column

... and then jeff generalized it to N columns!

don't reinvent the wheel

both my code and jeff's version are in the tip harvester somewhere, but
i'll be durned if i can find it -- the tip harvester search doesn't seem to
like any of the search words i toss at it...

perhaps jeff will recall...


rude