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Sorting by String Usernames in Typesense

TLDR James asked how to sort by string usernames in Typesense. Jason provided a workaround and promised a built-in solution by late January. Mubashirullah also showed interest in the feature.

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Dec 08, 2021 (25 months ago)

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James

05:54 PM

I can see that 'sort_by' cannot be a string. Is there a way round this to sort by a users name for example?

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Jason

05:56 PM

Here’s a workaround: https://github.com/typesense/typesense/issues/117#issuecomment-736666120

James

06:15 PM

Thanks! It would be great to include something like this out of the box.
Specifying a sort_by field on a string within the scehma where you implement this automatically

Jason

06:53 PM

Yup yup, we plan to address this shortly, now that v0.22 is out

Dec 16, 2021 (25 months ago)

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Mubashirullah

01:45 PM

Any rough estimate of when""sort by string"" will be here? Thank you

Dec 17, 2021 (25 months ago)

Jason

05:18 PM

Mid to late Jan is our target

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