I don't know if you'll find exactly what you need, but you can sort by any field or FunctionQuery. See http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FunctionQuery
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Peter Spam <ps...@mac.com> wrote: > Is there a way to use a custom sorter, to avoid re-indexing? > > > Thanks! > Pete > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Tomás Fernández Löbbe wrote: > > > Well, yes. You probably have a string field for that content, right? so > the > > content is being compared as strings, not as numbers, that why something > > like 1000 is lower than 2. Leading zeros would be an option. Another > option > > is to separate the field into numeric fields and sort by those (this last > > option is only recommended if your data always look similar). > > Something like 11C15 to field1: 11, field2:C field3: 15. Then use > > "sort=field1,field2,field3". > > > > Anyway, both this options require reindexing. > > > > Regards, > > > > Tomás > > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Peter Spam <ps...@mac.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> I have a field that has a letter in it (for example, 1A1, 2A1, 11C15, > >> etc.). Sorting it seems to work most of the time, except for a few > things, > >> like 10A1 is lower than 8A100, and 10A100 is lower than 10A99. Any > ideas? > >> I bet if my data had leading zeros (ie 10A099), it would behave better? > >> (But I can't really change my data now, as it would take a few days to > >> re-inject - which is possible but a hassle). > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> Pete > >> > >
