Got it! Just for you to share ... and maybe for inclusion in the Java API docs of ValueSource :)
For sorting one needs to implement the method public double doubleVal(int) of the class ValueSource then it works like a charm. cheers, Mathias On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 6:28 PM, Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote: > > : It basically allows for searching for text (which is associated to an > : image) in an index and then getting the distance to a sample image > : (base64 encoded byte[] array) based on one of five different low level > : content based features stored as DocValues. > > very cool. > > : So there one little tiny question I still have ;) When I'm trying to > : do a "sort" I'm getting > : > : "msg": "sort param could not be parsed as a query, and is not a field > : that exists in the index: > : lirefunc(cl_hi,FQY5DhMYDg0ODg0PEBEPDg4ODg8QEgsgEBAQEBAgEBAQEBA=)", > : > : for the call > http://localhost:9000/solr/lire/select?q=*%3A*&sort=lirefunc(cl_hi%2CFQY5DhMYDg0ODg0PEBEPDg4ODg8QEgsgEBAQEBAgEBAQEBA%3D)+asc&fl=id%2Ctitle%2Clirefunc(cl_hi%2CFQY5DhMYDg0ODg0PEBEPDg4ODg8QEgsgEBAQEBAgEBAQEBA%3D)&wt=json&indent=true > > Hmmm... > > i think the crux of the issue is your string literal. function parsing > tries to make live easy for you by not requiring string literals to be > quoted unless they conflict with other function names or field names > etc.... on top of that the sort parsing code is kind of hueristic based > (because it has to account for both functions or field names or wildcards, > followed by other sort clauses, etc...) so in that context the special > characters like '=' in your base64 string literal might be confusing hte > hueristics. > > can you try to quote the string literal it and see if that works? > > For example, when i try using strdist with your base64 string in a sort > param using the example configs i get the same error... > > http://localhost:8983/solr/select?q=*:*&sort=strdist%28name,FQY5DhMYDg0ODg0PEBEPDg4ODg8QEgsgEBAQEBAgEBAQEBA=,jw%29+asc > > but if i quote the string literal it works fine... > > http://localhost:8983/solr/select?q=*:*&sort=strdist%28name,%27FQY5DhMYDg0ODg0PEBEPDg4ODg8QEgsgEBAQEBAgEBAQEBA=%27,jw%29+asc > > > > -Hoss -- Dr. Mathias Lux Assistant Professor, Klagenfurt University, Austria http://tinyurl.com/mlux-itec
