[2.4.0] Checkmk Werk 16149 adapted: New OderBy header in livestatus

Werk 16149 was adapted. The following is the new Werk, a diff is shown at the end of the message. [//]: # (werk v2) # New OderBy header in livestatus key | value ---------- | --- date | 2024-01-29T10:12:24+00:00 version | 2.4.0b1 class | feature edition | cre component | livestatus level | 1 compatible | yes We provide a new header for livestatus that returns the rows in sorted order. For example, to sort host names in descending order ``` $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name desc' zhost yhost xhost ... ``` in ascending order ``` $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name asc' ahost bhost ... ``` or, alternatively without `asc`, ``` $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name' ahost bhost ... ``` The `OrderBy` header can be combined with the `Limit` header to limit the number of results as expected. ``` $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name\nLimit: 1' ahost ``` Furthermore, it is possible to sort on dictionary keys with the following syntax ``` $ lq << EOF GET services Columns: host_name description performance_data OrderBy: performance_data.user_time EOF ... ``` ------------------------------------<diff>------------------------------------------- [//]: # (werk v2) # New OderBy header in livestatus key | value ---------- | --- date | 2024-01-29T10:12:24+00:00 version | 2.4.0b1 class | feature edition | cre component | livestatus level | 1 compatible | yes We provide a new header for livestatus that returns the rows in sorted order. For example, to sort host names in descending order ``` $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name desc' zhost yhost xhost ... ``` in ascending order ``` $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name asc' ahost bhost ... ``` or, alternatively without `asc`, ``` $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name' ahost bhost ... ``` The `OrderBy` header can be combined with the `Limit` header to limit the number of results as expected. ``` - $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\OrderBy: name\Limit: 1' + $ lq 'GET hosts\nColumns: name\nOrderBy: name\nLimit: 1' ? + + ahost ``` Furthermore, it is possible to sort on dictionary keys with the following syntax ``` $ lq << EOF GET services Columns: host_name description performance_data OrderBy: performance_data.user_time EOF ... ```