In general, the behavior when sorting is not predictable when sorting on a tokenized field, which "text" is. What would it mean to sort on a field with "erick" "Moazzam" as tokens in a single document? Should it be in the "e"s or the "m"s?
That said, you probably want to watch out for case.... Best Erick On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Moazzam Khan <moazz...@gmail.com> wrote: > For anyone who faced the same problem, changing the field to string > from text worked! > > -Moazzam > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Moazzam Khan <moazz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The field type of the first name and last name is text. Could that be > > why it's not sorting properly? I just changed it to string and started > > a full-import. Hopefully that will work. > > > > Thanks, > > Moazzam > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Jayendra Patil > > <jayendra.patil....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> need additional information ..... > >> Sorting is easy in Solr just by passing the sort parameter > >> > >> However, when it comes to text sorting it depends on how you analyse > >> and tokenize your fields > >> Sorting does not work on fields with multiple tokens. > >> > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FAQ#Why_Isn.27t_Sorting_Working_on_my_Text_Fields.3F > >> > >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Moazzam Khan <moazz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Hey guys, > >>> > >>> I have a list of people indexed in Solr. I am trying to sort by their > >>> first names but I keep getting results that are not alphabetically > >>> sorted (I see the names starting with W before the names starting with > >>> A). I have a feeling that the results are first being sorted by > >>> relevancy then sorted by first name. > >>> > >>> Is there a way I can get the results to be sorted alphabetically? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Moazzam > >>> > >> > > >
