I'm having trouble with sorting -- things don't return in the order that I think they should. To look into this problem further, I thought I'd query solr and try to display the data field in question. I tried forming my own URL but solr wasn't returning my field. Then I tried the admin form in case I was formatting my URL incorrectly ... still no dice. The default on the admin form looks to return all fields plus score. However, I only get a few fields back (pk_i, id, and score). So ... I was wondering, where are my other fields and is there a way I can see them? I'm sure they're being saved since I can do searches against them. Here's the XML for creating one of them (I'm using acts_as_solr for Ruby on Rails for this):
<doc> <field name="type_t"></field> <field name="pk_i">1</field> <field name="id">BaseAsset:1</field> <field name="asset_id_t" boost="1.0">1</field> <field name="text_for_solr_t" boost="1.0">This is a photo of a field at sunset.</field> <field name="name_for_sort_t" boost="1.0">simple photo.jpg</field> <field name="security_level_t" boost="1.0">1</field> <field name="media_type_for_solr_t" boost="1.0">Images</field> </doc> The pk_i and id fields are coming through okay -- but the others are not. Could it be related to the boost that's on those fields? Anyway, this is just to help me with troubleshooting ... the main issue is that sorting of results isn't working. For example, I've created a field called name_for_sort (which is just the name but all lower-case) that I want to sort. When I try either of these URLs, I get the name in all sorts of order, but not alpha order which is what I expect (non-URL encoded to make it easier to read, but I've tried submitting it URL-encoded: http://localhost:8982/solr/select?qt=standard&q=(photo) AND type_t:BaseAsset&fl=*,score&wt=ruby&sort=name_for_solr_t asc The very strange thing is that when I make up a field name for sort it doesn't complain, but if I omit the _t at the end, it complains that the field doesn't exist. Anyway, any light anyone can shine on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
