Hi,

I'm trying to order the results of my examine query.

According to the docs this should be possible by adding it to the query : https://github.com/Shazwazza/Examine/wiki/Sorting-results

But can't get it to work :

I use this code in the document writing even of examine for adding a extra field to the index that I do the sorting on :

if (e.Fields["nodeTypeAlias"] == "NewsDetailPage")
            {
                DateTime sortDate;

                if (e.Fields.ContainsKey("newsDate"))
                {
                    sortDate = DateTime.Parse(e.Fields["newsDate"]);
                }
                else
                {
                    sortDate = DateTime.Parse(e.Fields["createDate"]);
                }

                e.Document.Add(new Field("__newsSortDate", sortDate.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), Field.Store.YES, Field.Index.NOT_ANALYZED));
            }

This is based on this article : https://thecogworks.com/blog/posts/examiness-hints-and-tips-from-the-trenches-part-10-document-writing-redux/

Then I do this to get my results, but they are not ordered by the sort date field :

var searchCriteria = ExamineManager.Instance.DefaultSearchProvider.CreateSearchCriteria(IndexTypes.Content);

var query = searchCriteria.Field("nodeTypeAlias", "NewsDetailPage").OrderByDescending("__newsSortDate");

var results = ExamineManager.Instance.DefaultSearchProvider.Search(query.Compile());

If I output the query I see this :

{ SearchIndexType: content, LuceneQuery: +(+nodeTypeAlias:newsdetailpage) +__IndexType:content }

So no indication of sorting there.

Any ideas on why this is happening. I can always sort the results themselves when I get them. But would be better to have them already sorted

Umbraco 7.5.14 and Examine 0.1.82