[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21621: setting meta_type doesn't CAST orderby value

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#21621: setting meta_type doesn't CAST orderby value
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 Reporter:  wonderboymusic  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Query           |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch       |
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Changes (by dd32):

 * type:  defect (bug) => enhancement


Comment:

 Since we don't currently have a meta_type query var, it's expected that
 specifying it would result in nothing changing, changing this to an
 enhancement as a result of that.

 In order to order by a meta value numerically, we currently have
 {{{orderby: meta_value_num}}} which uses a meta_value+0 syntax to convert
 the field value to a numeric value.  Of course, this doesn't work for
 dates/times

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