Thanks for the reply. Any idea why I consistently get the correct result when it sorts by score (the default sort) as compared to sporadic results when I sort by the rank attribute as described below? All I am changing is the sort order, why would that affect the total?
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Micah Dubinko <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bruce, > > For raw speed, the Search API uses cts:remainder() to quickly get an > estimated number for the total. Are you using fragment roots by > chance? That can cause the specific number to vary, much like with > search engine results. > > The specific calculation is cts:remainder( of first result ) + $start > - 1. > > If the underlying call returns different values, so will what you see > in the Search API results. > > Thanks, -m > > On Sep 23, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Bruce Holt wrote: > >> Hello All. >> >> I am using the search:search api and everything works as expected >> until I sort by an element or attribute in my document. Once I sort >> by an element or attribute, the @total for <search:response> changes >> as I paginate through the results. I have several <article> documents >> that I am searching through with an Integer Attribute Range Index on >> "authorRole/@rank". When I add <sort-order type="xs:integer" >> direction="ascending"> >> <element ns="" name="authorRole"/> >> <attribute ns="" name="rank"/> >> </sort-order> >> to my search options, the @total is no longer accurate. For a search >> with 99 hits, paging through the results changes @total from 21 to 147 >> results. Any Ideas? An example <article> document is below. >> >> <article status="publish"> >> <referenceHeader> >> <publicationDate >> value="2008-11-01T00:00:00">2008-11-01</publicationDate> >> <searchTerms> >> <authorRole rank="6" seniority="1">Role ABC</authorRole> >> <collection>misc</collection> >> </searchTerms> >> <lastChanged> >> <editor>John Smith</editor> >> <dateStamp>2008-10-23</dateStamp> >> </lastChanged> >> <itemNumber>62291</itemNumber> >> </referenceHeader> >> <titleBlock> >> <title id="1">The Title</title> >> <kicker id="4">This is very interesting.</kicker> >> </titleBlock> >> <bodyBlock> >> <para id="5" start="00:00:00:00" stop=""><pageBreak >> pageNum="75"/>This is paragraph 1 and >> that is all I have to say here.</para> >> <para id="6" start="00:00:00:00" stop="">Yes! Another >> paragraph.</para> >> </bodyBlock> >> <publishDate value="2009-07-22T09:52:48.887-06:00">2009-07-22</ >> publishDate> >> </article> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bruce Holt >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://xqzone.com/mailman/listinfo/general
