Are you doing range queries on this field? Range queries are where Trie shines, so worrying about precision step if you're NOT intending to do range queries is a waste, just use precisionstep=0.
In fact, with only 1,000 values, I'd just go with PrecisionStep=0 (which is the int field) Best Erick On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Juan Antonio Farré Basurte <juan.fa...@reviewpro.com> wrote: > Hello, > I'm quite a beginner in solr and have many doubts while trying to learn how > everything works. > I have only a slight idea on how TrieFields work. > The thing is I have an integer value that will always be in the range 0-1000. > A short field would be enough for this, but there is no such TrieShortField > (not even a SortableShortField). So, I used a TrieIntField. > My doubt is, in this case, what would be a suitable value for precisionStep. > If the field had only 1000 distinct values, but they were more or less > uniformly distributed in the 32-bit int range, probably a big precisionStep > would be suitable. But as my values are in the range 0 to 1000, I think > (without much knowledge) that a low precisionStep should be more adequate. > For example, 2. > Can anybody, please, help me finding a good configuration for this type? And, > if possible, can anybody explain in a brief and intuitive way what are the > differences and tradeoffs of choosing smaller or bigger precisionSteps? > Thanks a lot, > > Juan
