Re: Sorting and filtering on fluctuating multi-currency price data?

[Chris Hostetter <ho...@fucit.org>]

: ExternalFileField can only be used for boosting. It is not a
: "first-class" field.

correct, but it can be used in a FunctionQuery, which means it can be 
filtered on (using "frange") and (on trunk) it can be sorted on, which are 
the two needs the OP asked about...

: > : Another approach would be to use ExternalFileField and keep the price data,
: > : normalized to USD, outside of the index. Every time the currency rates
: > : changed, we would calculate new normalized prices for every document in the
: > : index.

-Hoss