Xapian discuss - Nov 2006 - SORTREVERSE

Hi,

In omega 0.9.7 and xapian 0.9.7:

Can I use the SORTREVERSE parameter on the same value as I use the SORT
parameter?

adding SORT=1 as a parameter to the omega binary works perfectly, however
adding the SORTREVERSE=1 parameter doesn't work.

My index file contains:
topicdate : value=1

Which is a date in format: YYYYMMDDHHII
Can someone also explain to me when I have to escape parameters with a
single quote?

Cheers,

Maarten

On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 09:23:07PM +0100, M.J. van der Veen
wrote:
> Can I use the SORTREVERSE parameter on the same value as I use the SORT
> parameter?
SORTREVERSE doesn't specify a value - it's either zero or non-zero and
allows
you to reverse the sort order for the value specified by SORT:

    SORT
        reorder results by this value number (greater values are better).
        The comparison used is a string compare.

    SORTREVERSE
        if non-zero, reverse the sort order so that lower values are better.
> adding SORT=1 as a parameter to the omega binary works perfectly, however
> adding the SORTREVERSE=1 parameter doesn't work.
So are you specifying both SORT=1 and SORTREVERSE=1 in this case?

If so, what exactly happens ("doesn't work" could mean many
things)?
> Can someone also explain to me when I have to escape parameters with a
> single quote?
Sorry, I don't understand.  Parameters to what?

Cheers,
    Olly