> How are you indexing the name field? (code please :)
doc.add(Field.Text("name", name));
Based on Aviron's suggestion, if I index as a Keyword, the sort works fine.
> Normally random order?! The natural (not using a Sort) order is by
> score (also called relevance). Nothing random about it at all. In
> fact, this ordering is very special! See the Javadocs on the
> Similarity class for details of the formula.
Score makes sense then. I didn't think about sort by score since I was
specifying a specific sort to use instead.
> No limitations that I know if. Some bugs have been fixed, so be sure
> you're using Lucene 1.4.1, and not just 1.4, but please report back
> with more details if this issue still occurs in 1.4.1.
Looks like switching to keyword is the solution. Can someone describe what
abilities I would be losing by using Keyword instead of Text. I am indexing
people's name, which are searched on my partial name quite a bit. Can a
Keyword consisting of more than one "word" be searched on just as well as a
"Text" field, or do I need to index both ways in order to keep functionality
with sorting ability?
Thanks all for your help,
-Pete
