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Subject: Re: [search-ws] Re: sru/cql sort




I don't understand the use case for a sort key as a retrieval field?

Rob

On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 08:49 -0400, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress
wrote:
> From: "LeVan,Ralph" <levan@oclc.org>
> > Well, my original complaint about incorporating sort into the query
> > grammar was about the additional complexity it added to the query.
> 
> As I recall, your compaint was that having sort as part of the query makes
> it difficult to use a retrieval field (as opposed to an index)  as a sort
> key.  A complaint that I find rather compelling.  I'm leaning towards Rob's
> suggestion, be able to express sort both inside and outside the query.
> 
> --Ray



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