Yes, indeed, you understood my question. Looking forward to the next version then.
To your reply, I'd add that _val_ is used for standard request handler, and bf is used for dismax, right? -S On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:05 AM, Koji Sekiguchi wrote: > (10/07/10 0:54), Saïd Radhouani wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm making some basic sorting (date, price, etc.) using the "sort" parameter >> (sort=field+asc), and it's working fine. I'm wondering whether there's a >> significant argument to use function query sorting instead of the "sort" >> parameter? >> >> Thanks, >> -S >> > I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly, > but sort by function will be available in next version of Solr: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-1297 > > q=ipod&sort=func(price) asc > > Or you can sort by function via _val_ in Solr 1.4: > > q=ipod^0 _val_:"func(price)"&sort=score asc > > Koji > > -- > http://www.rondhuit.com/en/ >