Have you checked hte archive for other discussions about implementing auto-complete functionality? it'snot something i deal with much, but i kow it's been discussed.
your specific requirement that things starting with an exact match be ordered alphabeticly seems odd to me ... i suspect sorting by some sort of "popularity" or document booost might be better ... but either way i think the exact behavior you're looking for is oging to require a custom plugin -- i suspect using SpanStartQueries ona field type that uses ngram tokenization. (looking into those concepts should help get you started) : I am trying to utilize solr into an autocomplete thingy. : : Let's assume I query for 'foo'. : Assuming we work with case insensitive here. : : I would like to have records returned in specific order. First all that : have exact match, then all that start with Foo in alphabetical order, : then all that contain the exact word (but not necessarily first) and : lastly all matches where foo is anywhere within words. : Any pointers are more than welcome. I am trying to find something in : archives as well but no luck so far. : : Example response when searching 'foo' or 'Foo': : : Foo : Foo AAA : Foo BBB : Gooo Foo : Moo Foo : xxxfoox : Boo Foos : -Hoss
