Re: Sorting by vale of field

Thanks, Yes this is the work around I am currently doing. Still wondering is the sort method can be used alone. On 29 June 2011 18:34, Michael Ryan wrote: > You could try adding a new int field (like "typeSort") that has the desired > sort values. So when adding a document with type:car, als

RE: Sorting by vale of field

You could try adding a new int field (like "typeSort") that has the desired sort values. So when adding a document with type:car, also add typeSort:1; when adding type:van, also add typeSort:2; etc. Then you could do "sort=typeSort asc" to get them in your desired order. I think this is also po

Sorting by vale of field

Hi Say I have a field type in multiple documents which can be either type:bike type:boat type:car type:van and I want to order a search to give me documents in the following order type:car type:van type:boat type:bike Is there a way I can do this just using the &sort method? Thanks