I think you should use NumberTools to format timestamp first, otherwise sort will not work correctly
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Cool The Breezer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Could able to do that using range query > > String end = "253373251260000";//i.e. 11/30/9999, assume that this is max > end date > > Term endTerm = new Term("timestamp",end); > RangeQuery rangeQuery = new RangeQuery(null,endTerm,true); > > Sort sort = new Sort("timestamp",true); > Filter dupFilter = new DuplicateFilter("id"); > Hits hits = searcher.search(rangeQuery,dupFilter,sort); > > > > > --- On Mon, 11/10/08, Cool The Breezer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Cool The Breezer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Order the index by timestamp field and Get n documents > > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > > Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 1:21 AM > > Hi, > > In my index, there is a field called timestamp which is > > long value of date. I am trying to get sort all documents > > by timestamp and get N documents. > > I am trying to find a way to create a query like > > "timestamp > 0" and then order the result by > > timestamp and get N fields. However I am not able to do > > that. Suggest me the best way. Or there are any lowlevel > > method available for the same. > > > > I am using Lucene 2.3.1 and looking into method > > search(Weight weight, Filter filter, int nDocs, Sort sort) > > in IndexSearcher. Trying to know how to create a Weight > > object. > > > > Anyway, I would really appreciate your suggestion.... > > > > -RB > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >