Re: easy numfound search?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2001
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 37036
interpreted = N
texte = Celeste Paul wrote: > > hi, does anyone have any good ideas on how i could sort a list based on > a found items? > > i have a db that i do i search on a phrase to get the number of > occurances. i would like to sort this list with the most occuring near > the top. right now im writing a new db with a hard coded > number-of-items (changes with each replace/append) and then populating a > list. i feel its unneeded to have two dbs.. but couldnt think of > another way to approach the problem. i also need to keep the base raw > db with each individual record because it stores the date and time of > each entry > I'm not completely sure what you are asking but let me take a shot at an example and you tell me whether that is what you meant:You want to search a field for the word fish and return the record with the most instances of fish first, and so on down the line.If so, then you are in luck; WebCat does this automatically! When you do a search in WebCat without requesting a specific sorting sequence, WC uses an internal fitness algorythm which orders the records from best to worst.HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Celeste Paul wrote: > > hi, does anyone have any good ideas on how i could sort a list based on > a found items? > > i have a db that i do i search on a phrase to get the number of > occurances. i would like to sort this list with the most occuring near > the top. right now im writing a new db with a hard coded > number-of-items (changes with each replace/append) and then populating a > list. i feel its unneeded to have two dbs.. but couldnt think of > another way to approach the problem. i also need to keep the base raw > db with each individual record because it stores the date and time of > each entry > I'm not completely sure what you are asking but let me take a shot at an example and you tell me whether that is what you meant:You want to search a field for the word fish and return the record with the most instances of fish first, and so on down the line.If so, then you are in luck; WebCat does this automatically! When you do a search in WebCat without requesting a specific sorting sequence, WC uses an internal fitness algorythm which orders the records from best to worst.HTHJohn-- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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