Hi Bastian, that is an option but it would be more flexible to sort using a function query. It looks like I'll have to add that field, however. At least, for as long as using 1.4.
Thanks, Chantal On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 12:08 +0200, Bastian Spitzer wrote: > Hi Chantal, > > why dont you just add another Field to your Index where u put the Day only, > you can sort by this filed then > in your queries > > cheers. > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Chantal Ackermann [mailto:chantal.ackerm...@btelligent.de] > Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Juli 2010 11:45 > An: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Betreff: Sort by Day - Use of DateMathParser in Function Query? > > Dear all, > > this is not a new problem, I just wanted to check whether with 1.4 there > might have been changes that allow a different approach. > > In my query, I retrieve results that have a date field. I have to sort the > result by day only, then by a different string field. The time of that date > shall not be used for sorting. > I cannot filter the results on a certain date (day). > > This thread confirms my first thought that I need another field in the > index: > http://search.lucidimagination.com/search/document/422dc30e0a222c28/sorting_dates_with_reduced_precision#46566037750d7b5 > > However, is it possible to use the DateMathParser somehow in the function > queries? > If it's not yet possible - why not: > (a) is there are great risk that the performance would be bad? Or some other > reason that discourages this solution. > (b) simple not implemented > > In case of (b), I might try to implement it. > > Thanks! > Chantal >
