# File lib/rubyrep/table_scan_helper.rb, line 16 def rank_rows(left_row, right_row) raise "At least one of left_row and right_row must not be nil!" unless left_row or right_row return -1 unless right_row return 1 unless left_row rank = 0 primary_key_names.any? do |key| if left_row[key].kind_of?(String) # When databases order strings, then 'a' < 'A' while for Ruby 'A' < 'a' # ==> Use a combination of case sensitive and case insensitive comparing to # reproduce the database behaviour. rank = left_row[key].casecmp(right_row[key]) # deal with 'a' to 'B' comparisons rank = -(left_row[key] <=> right_row[key]) if rank == 0 # deal with 'a' to 'A' comparisons else rank = left_row[key] <=> right_row[key] end rank != 0 end rank end