Re: Trie vs long string for sorting

2009-07-04 Thread Mark Miller
Trie has a custom parser that can load the FieldCache for sorting. Its basically a built in type now, that supports fieldcache, sorting, stored fields, etc. On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Chris Hostetter wrote: > > : My data are library call numbers, normalized to be comparable, resulting > in >

Re: Trie vs long string for sorting

2009-07-04 Thread Chris Hostetter
: My data are library call numbers, normalized to be comparable, resulting in : (maximum) 21-character strings of the form "RK 052180H359~999~999" : : Now, these are fine -- they work for sorting and ranges and the whole thing, : but right now I can't use them because I've got two or three for ea