From 1b306738230ed56123171da32a61532be12080bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Long <rl@tfmm.co>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 15:16:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: restore natural sorting for vehicles by bidder assigned
 number

---
 app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php       | 10 +++++-----
 resources/views/components/tomselect.blade.php |  9 +--------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php
index eb6530e..7314e33 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php
@@ -374,15 +374,15 @@ class PagesController extends Controller
                                           ->orderBy('bidder_assigned_number')
                                           ->get();
         return view('winningbidderlist', ['winning_bidders' => $winnerlist_results]);
-    }
     public function judgingentry(Request $judgingentry_req)
     {
         $judges = \App\Models\Judges::all();
-        $vehicles = \App\Models\Vehicles::with('vehicleOwner')
-            ->join('bidders', 'vehicles.owner', '=', 'bidders.bidder_assigned_number')
-            ->orderByRaw('CAST(bidder_assigned_number AS UNSIGNED) ASC')
+        $vehicles = \App\Models\Vehicles::select('vehicles.*')
+            ->leftJoin('bidders', 'vehicles.owner', '=', 'bidders.bidder_assigned_number')
+            ->orderByRaw('CAST(bidders.bidder_assigned_number AS UNSIGNED) ASC')
             ->get();
-        \Log::info("Judges count: " . $judges->count());
+
+        if ($judgingentry_req->isMethod('post')) {
         \Log::info("Vehicles count: " . $vehicles->count());
 
         if ($judgingentry_req->isMethod('post')) {
diff --git a/resources/views/components/tomselect.blade.php b/resources/views/components/tomselect.blade.php
index 5035c54..b569ca7 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/tomselect.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/tomselect.blade.php
@@ -39,14 +39,7 @@
                     dropdownParent: 'body',
                     controlInput: '<input>',
                     maxOptions: null,
-                    sortField: [{
-                        field: 'text',
-                        direction: 'asc',
-                        func: function(a, b) {
-                            // Natural sort for bidder/car numbers
-                            return a.text.localeCompare(b.text, undefined, {numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base'});
-                        }
-                    }]
+                    sortField: [] // Respect server-side order
                 });
             });
         };