[TYPO3-ect] Sorting-DB-Field in Extension

[Franz Holzinger]

Hello Benjamin,

> I am currently in need of a "sorting" field for tt_news. So I want to 
> create an extension that adds this missing feature and add a "sorting" 
> field to the table in the DB.
> 
> So here's my question: I can't seem to find any information about the 
> special use of the sorting field (how I should use it when doing INSERTs 
> , UPDATEs, how to "move" an item up / down etc.) in the documentation - 
> am I looking in the wrong place?
> 
> Or better: is this feature already in tt_news (to manually sort items 
> for output)?
> 
Use phpMyAdmin to check that there is no sorting field. You will need 
this field to make manual sorting available in the backend.

Maybe there is a way to add a ORDER BY to tt_news. Otherwise you can add 
missing code and send it to the extension author.

Greets,

Franz