It *looks* as though Solr supports returning the results of arbitrary calculations:
http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrQuerySyntax However, I am so far unable to get any example working except in the context of a dismax bf. It seems like one ought to be able to write a query to return the doc matching the max OR the min of a particular field. -Peter On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 5:33 AM, Jacob Singh <jacobsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to write some code to build a facet list for a date field, > but I don't know what the first and last available dates are. I would > adjust the gap param accordingly. If there is a 10yr stretch between > min(date) and max(date) I'd want to facet by year. If it is a 1 month > gap, I'd want to facet by day. > > Is there a way to do this? > > Thanks, > Jacob > > -- > > +1 510 277-0891 (o) > +91 9999 33 7458 (m) > > web: http://pajamadesign.com > > Skype: pajamadesign > Yahoo: jacobsingh > AIM: jacobsingh > gTalk: jacobsi...@gmail.com > -- Peter M. Wolanin, Ph.D. Momentum Specialist, Acquia. Inc. peter.wola...@acquia.com