[KinoSearch] Sorting numeric fields

[Darian Anthony Patrick]

Darian Anthony Patrick wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm indexing a field containing prices, and I'm attempting to sort
> results based on that price field.  It appears that KinoSearch is
> sorting from the the leftmost digit to the right, instead of right to
> left, ie. when sorting in descending order the results are ordered 995,
> 99000, 9900, 990, 99, 989, 985...2025, 2015, etc.  This is incorrect for
> this particular field.
> 
> Do I need to specify a new FieldSpec for integer fields that I'd like to
> sort on properly?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> 
> Darian
> 

Nevermind.  I solved the problem by ensuring that all prices were the
same width by left padding an appropriate number of zeros.  The
following entry from the archive was helpful:

http://www.rectangular.com/pipermail/kinosearch/2005-July/005174.html

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