Attribute not searched but used in sorting...how?

rdleeper · **Joined:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:22 am **Posts:** 36

I have an attribute on object Business (averageRating) that is not to be used in my full text search. However, I want to use it in sorting.

How should this be configured in my Business object? Currently I have:

@Field( index = Index.UN_TOKENIZED )
private Double averageRating;
@Field( index = Index.UN_TOKENIZED )
private Double averageFrequency;

Thanks,

- Doug

sanne.grinovero · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2008 2:13 pm

it should just work with your settings, you need to index the sorter field even if you don't need it for searches.
What is the problem?

rdleeper · **Joined:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:22 am **Posts:** 36

Here is the message:

java.lang.RuntimeException: field "averageRating" does not appear to be indexed
at org.apache.lucene.search.ExtendedFieldCacheImpl$5.createValue(ExtendedFieldCacheImpl.java:173)

AverageRating is null to start off...can it be?

Is there a way to have null values or mimic null values?