[libRETS-users] Specific Order

[Russ Perna]

When I asked the MLS, I got a vague answer to the question, and I don't
think they actually knew.

If you can't guarantee the sort order, can anyone tell me how they download
their data when the MLS limits the download size?

Thanks,
Russ


Russ Perna
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Prudential Rand Realty
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:librets-users-bounces at crt.realtors.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dribin
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:25 AM
To: For discussion and help for and by the users of the libRETS C++ library
Subject: Re: [libRETS-users] Specific Order


Hi Russ,

RETS has no sorting capabilities, and guarantees no order.  Just because you
see an order on this one server does not mean that all servers do this.
Heck, this one  vender could change the sort order tomorrow and still be
within spec.

If you're working with one specific server, I suggest contacting their tech
support to see if you can rely on the sort order.

-Dave

On Jan 15, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Russ Perna wrote:
> Is there a specific order that records are returned in when doing a 
> search on a RETS server?
>
> Our RETS server limits the amount of records that can be returned in a 
> specific query. So in order to download all of the records that were 
> updated since a specific date, it would help if I knew the order that 
> they were returned in, so that I could run multiple queries starting 
> sequentially after the last record returned. It seems that when 
> running a query that they are ordered by MLS number, but I just want 
> to verify this before I program for it.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Russ
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