I can't count how many times I've said "It must be a bug in the compiler", but I *can* count how rarely I've been right <G>.
Glad you're on a path to resolution. Erick On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:09 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Eric, > > I did find the problem using Luke, I see that all of the documents have > the same category field, so I must not be adding the field correctly when > I index them. > > Bob > > Bob > > > > > "Erick Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 06/27/2008 01:58 PM > Please respond to > java-user@lucene.apache.org > > > To > java-user@lucene.apache.org > cc > > Subject > Re: Sorting issues > > > > > > > I can't really help since I've never had to go into the guts of Lucene and > see where sorting is applied, so I don't know where to point you <G>. > > But the sorting has always worked for me, and I don't remember anyone > else posting a similar issue in the last year or so. Which means that > the first thing I'd suspect is that something in your code. > > Which is why it would be helpful if you'd post some code snippets > showing > 1> how you index your field > 2> how you construct your sort object > 3> how you search using your sort object > > Best > Erick > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:46 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually, I do a global search and the order comes out: 1, 2, 8, 3, 5, > 6, > > 7,8, 4, 9. I'm having trouble finding in the code where the sort > actually > > gets applied. Can you help me out there? > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > "Erick Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 06/27/2008 12:19 PM > > Please respond to > > java-user@lucene.apache.org > > > > > > To > > java-user@lucene.apache.org > > cc > > > > Subject > > Re: Sorting issues > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's surprising. Could you post a brief example of your > > index and search code? > > > > It sounds like you're saying > > docs 1, 2, 3 all have category aaa > > docs 4, 5, 6 all have category bbb > > docs 7, 8, 9 all have category ccc > > > > But if you search for category:bbb > > you don't get docs 4, 5, and 6 > > > > Is this a fair statement of the issue? > > > > Best > > Erick > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:44 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I just implemented a sorting feature on our application where the user > > can > > > change the sort on a query and reexecute the search. It works fine on > > > text fields where most of the documents have different field values. > > > However, on fields that are categories, that is, there are only four > > > distinct values for the category field and > > > all of the documents fit into a distinct category, the results are not > > in > > > the sorted values. > > > > > > All of the sort fields are untokenized and stored. and each document > has > > > only one value for the sorted field. > > > > > > Are there any known issues (Lucene 2.3.0)? How can I go about > debugging > > > this? I have tried Luke, also I have the Lucene source. > > > > > > Bob Hastings > > > Ancept Inc. > > > > > >
