Right, the search term is the sort field. I can manually sort an individual page, but when the user clicks on the next page, the sort is "reset", visually.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Sokolov [mailto:soko...@ifactory.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 9:52 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Cc: Olson, Ron Subject: Re: Strategies for sorting by array, when you can't sort by array? Although you weren't very clear about it, it sounds as if you want the results to be sorted by a name that actually matched the query? In general that is not going to be easy, since it is not something that can be computed in advance and thus indexed. -Mike On 08/03/2011 10:39 AM, Olson, Ron wrote: > Hi all- > > Well, this is a problem. I have a list of names as a multi-valued field and I > am searching on this field and need to return the results sorted. I know from > searching and reading the documentation (and getting the error) that sorting > on a multi-valued field isn't possible. Okay, so, what I haven't found is any > real good solution/workaround to the problem. I was wondering what strategies > others have done to overcome this particular situation; collapsing the > individual names into a single field with copyField doesn't work because the > name searched may not be the first name in the field. > > Thanks for any hints/tips/tricks. > > Ron > > DISCLAIMER: This electronic message, including any attachments, files or > documents, is intended only for the addressee and may contain CONFIDENTIAL, > PROPRIETARY or LEGALLY PRIVILEGED information. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying or > distribution of this message or any of the information included in or with it > is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message > in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and > permanently delete and destroy this message and its attachments, along with > any copies thereof. This message does not create any contractual obligation > on behalf of the sender or Law Bulletin Publishing Company. > Thank you. > DISCLAIMER: This electronic message, including any attachments, files or documents, is intended only for the addressee and may contain CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY or LEGALLY PRIVILEGED information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying or distribution of this message or any of the information included in or with it is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete and destroy this message and its attachments, along with any copies thereof. This message does not create any contractual obligation on behalf of the sender or Law Bulletin Publishing Company. Thank you.
