Re: sort by field length

2010-08-27 Thread Lance Norskog
: Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having to (redundantly) save the length information in a seperate index field? At first, I thought to accomplish this using a function query, but I couldn't find an appropriate one. I have a slightly different need related

Re: sort by field length

2010-08-26 Thread Shawn Heisey
On 5/24/2010 6:30 AM, Sascha Szott wrote: Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having to (redundantly) save the length information in a seperate index field? At first, I thought to accomplish this using a function query, but I couldn't find an appropriate one. I have

Re: sort by field length

2010-05-26 Thread Sascha Szott
, May 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Sascha Szottsz...@zib.de wrote: Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having to (redundantly) save the length information in a seperate index field? At first, I thought to accomplish this using a function query, but I couldn't find an appropriate

Re: sort by field length

2010-05-26 Thread Erick Erickson
, Sascha Szottsz...@zib.de wrote: Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having to (redundantly) save the length information in a seperate index field? At first, I thought to accomplish this using a function query, but I couldn't find an appropriate one. Thanks

Re: sort by field length

2010-05-25 Thread Sascha Szott
a simple lookup. -Sascha But you could consider payloads for storing the length, although that would still be redundant... Best Erick On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Sascha Szottsz...@zib.de wrote: Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having to (redundantly) save the length

Re: sort by field length

2010-05-25 Thread Erick Erickson
for storing the length, although that would still be redundant... Best Erick On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Sascha Szottsz...@zib.de wrote: Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having to (redundantly) save the length information in a seperate index field? At first, I

sort by field length

2010-05-24 Thread Sascha Szott
Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having to (redundantly) save the length information in a seperate index field? At first, I thought to accomplish this using a function query, but I couldn't find an appropriate one. Thanks in advance, Sascha

Re: sort by field length

2010-05-24 Thread Erick Erickson
may be sorting all the terms in your index worst-case. But you could consider payloads for storing the length, although that would still be redundant... Best Erick On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Sascha Szott sz...@zib.de wrote: Hi folks, is it possible to sort by field length without having