Hi Paddy, Just make sure you index the sortable fields without tokenizing them. c.f. http://www.lucenebook.com/search?query=index+for+sorting
Otis --- Paddy Kalathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want Lucene to search as well as sort data . What I am not sure is, > how to > index my data so that I can sort and search. > > For example : I have a 3 rows in the database with name field value > "Geoffrey Rush" , "Will Smith", and "Eva Smith" . > > I want to index these names so that : > 1.If a user searches for "Smith" I get "Will Smith" and "Eva Smith" . > > 2.If a user searches for "Eva Smith" I get only "Eva Smith". > 3.When I list all the names available in my Index I sort them in > alphabetic > order. > 4.The searches should be case insensitive. > > How should I index the data so that I can achieve the above. > > > Paddy Kalathur > eFoundry Corp > http://www.efoundry.com > 978-371-3325 ____________________________________________________________________ Simpy -- simpy.com -- tags, social bookmarks, personal search engine --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
