I guess I don't see the problem, just store it as a string and sort on the field.
# sorts before numbers which sort before characters. Or I'm reading the ASCII chart wrong. Best, Erick On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 6:55 AM, padmanabhan <padmanabhan.venkitachalapa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Solr Geeks, > > Am newbie to SOLR. I have a requirement as given below, Could any one please > provide some insights on how to go about on this. > > "Ascending by name" (#, 0 - 9, A - Z) > > "Descending by name" (Z - A, 9 - 0, #) > > Sample name value can be > > ABCD5678 > 1234ABCD > #2345ABCD > #1234ABCD > 5678ABCD > #2345ACBD > 5678EFGH > #2345DBCA > ABCD1234 > 1234#ABCD > > *Expected Ascending order* > > #2345ABCD > #2345ACBD > #2345DBCA > 1234#ABCD > 1234ABCD > 5678ABCD > ABCD1234 > ABCD5678 > > *Expected Descending order* > > ABCD5678 > ABCD1234 > 5678ABCD > 1234ABCD > 1234#ABCD > #2345DBCA > #2345ACBD > #2345ABCD > > Thanks & Regards, > Paddy > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Custom-Sort-option-to-apply-at-SOLR-index-tp4348787.html > Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
