Ferret talk - Sep 2006 - Sorting Boolean fields

Hey there,

I came across this thread: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/78148#126235 
where sorting in reverse by a boolean field wasn''t working properly.
I''m
having the same issue now, but there''s not a reply in that thread. I
was
wondering if anyone has figured this out yet?

Bascially, I want all the records with a "1" (true) to float to the
top
of the results.

Thanks!

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On 9/19/06, Michael Leung <mleung at projectrideme.com>
wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> I came across this thread: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/78148#126235
> where sorting in reverse by a boolean field wasn''t working
properly. I''m
> having the same issue now, but there''s not a reply in that thread.
I was
> wondering if anyone has figured this out yet?
>
> Bascially, I want all the records with a "1" (true) to float to
the top
> of the results.
>
> Thanks!
Hi Michael,

See the documentation for Ferret::Search::Sort and Ferret::Search::SortField:

    http://ferret.davebalmain.com/api/

Alternatively you can just pass a sort string like this:

    hits = index.search(query, :sort => "boolean_field DESC,
title")

Cheers,
Dave