Does this have to be in Solr? Given the pre-computed nature of the sub-series, maybe you can encode both series name and series sort order in a separate structure designed for it. Something like Neo4J comes to mind: http://www.neo4j.org/ .
Or, this could be a good question for StackOverflow on what handles this kind of scenarios best. Regards, Alex. On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Uwe Reh <r...@hebis.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote: > Before anyone asks the XY question. > The index is intended for a library's catalog and the quest is "Find all > members of a series (eg. penguin books, paperbacks) and order them on their > sortkey". Unfortunately titles may belong to several (sub)series with > different sortkeys. > > Still seeking for better approaches. > Personal blog: http://blog.outerthoughts.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrerafalovitch - Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all at once. Lately, it doesn't seem to be working. (Anonymous - via GTD book)
