Consider that if i have a column and the type is int or date then i pass the :sort field with it i must sort by the value but if a column which type is string and i set the :sort as it how did ferret sort by it? seems it is sort by the first letter of this column according to the result i read the source code but stopped in the c code,because i am not familiar with it and it is complex... so can anybody give me the answer? hope i have describe this question clearly I want to know the mechanism thank you -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.