T&A 46507: Corrects sorting of questions by question type

[matheuszych]

https://mantis.ilias.de/view.php?id=46507

Aims to fix correct sorting of questions by question type.
@thojou

[matheuszych]

Hello @kergomard ,

we would like to get your opinion on this. Currently we achieved the wanted behavior by translating and sorting the entries directly on the database level. Is this a viable solution or should we rather do it after the results have been queried in PHP?

Best regards
@matheuszych

[kergomard]

Hi @matheuszych

Ok, I would be all in favor of ordering on the database, but here there is a big "but": We MUST never access tables that do not belong to us. The database in my world does never belong to the surface of a component. We can thus not implement the ordering in this way.

And then a small sidenote: Please do not call the column "ttype". It is completely unclear what "t" stands for. The columns should be called "question_type", if I'm not getting this wrong. I would kindly ask you to always be verbose on naming and so to not use abbreviations.

Thanks and best,
@kergomard

[matheuszych]

Hello @kergomard ,
thank you for your feedback. I adjusted everything so now when the entries are sorted by question type, it happens in PHP. All other things are still sorted directly in the database.

Best regards
@matheuszych