[mb-devel] Sorting

[Robert Kaye]

On Dec 9, 2006, at 2:16 PM, sarvesh wrote:

> Hi,
> I can't seem to find this information. Is it possible to get the  
> results of a web service call sorted on a particular field? If it  
> is not available I can add this feature if someone can guide me on  
> where and how this would best fit in the MB Server code. Here is an  
> example of what I am trying to do
>
> http://musicbrainz.org/ws/1/release/? 
> type=xml&artistid=72c536dc-7137-4477- 
> a521-567eeb840fa8&releasetypes=Official&limit=10
>
> This list returns a list of all official releases by Bob Dylan  
> problem is it is not sorted on any particular field.

It is sorted by the score, which in this case is 100 for each of your  
hits so it looks like its not sorted. The score is a lucene ranking  
score, which is the text searching engine that handles the collection  
searches.

I'll be doing a major revamp of the web service docs after the  
upcoming release on sunday.

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