Platonides <platonides <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Prateek wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Is there any implicit/explicit ranking mechanism for the results
> > obtained using API for full text search?
>
.....
 > 
> > If possible, can some one throw some light on the ranking?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Best Regards
> > Prateek
> > -- 
> 
> The earlier it appears, the more relevant it is expected to be, although
> the way relevance is determined is something internal by the search
> backend being used.
> 

When more than one results are returned they are ordered by title, 
therefore the backend ranking is corrupted. Is there anyway around this, 
besides asking for an output size of 1 and making repeated 
queries with successive offsets?

Regards,
Anthony


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