[TYPO3-mvc] *Store* sorting a of relation

[Lorenz Ulrich]

Hi Dirk

 > afaik the sorting is handled by TCA. In the 'ctrl' section of your
 > documents table you can set the 'sortby' or 'default_sortby' property.

This is partially right (it's handled by TCA, but not respected by 
Extbase), but I want to *store* the sorting order of the child elements 
based on user input.

So the user sorts the child objects (by drag and drop) and this should 
be saved in the MM table.

Best regards,

Lorenz

Am 02.03.2012 13:06, schrieb Dirk Rauscher:
> Hi Lorenz,
>
> afaik the sorting is handled by TCA. In the 'ctrl' section of your
> documents table you can set the 'sortby' or 'default_sortby' property.
>
> Or did I get you wrong?
>
> Dirk
>
>
>
> Am 21.02.2012 10:26, schrieb Lorenz Ulrich:
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> I just wanted to ask if anyone figured out how the sorting of a relation
>> could be stored in the mm table.
>>
>> From the non-Extbase POV:
>> When I e.g. attach DAM documents to a tt_news entry, I can sort these
>> documents and the sorting is stored in tx_dam_mm_ref in
>> "sorting_foreign".
>>
>> Now I would like to do the same in an Extbase extension: Add "documents"
>> to a "group of documents" and store the sorting order in the mm table.
>> But I can't find any (proper) way to pass the sorting value to Extbase.
>> And it's impossible to just set the sorting manually after adding the
>> relations because they (all of them) are deleted and newly written each
>> time one relation is added or deleted.
>>
>> Is this such a weird scenario or is it known to be a missing feature?
>>
>> Thanks for any input on this topic and best regards,
>>
>> Lorenz
>