What order does FTS display results in?

ownedbycats · 10-25-2022, 04:10 PM

Assuming 'restrict searched books' is enabled, what order does FTS display its results in? Seeing as they gradually appear as the search progresses, I assume this is the same order it does the search.

It doesn't appear to be doing it by title, book ID, or current book list order.

kovidgoyal · 10-25-2022, 11:28 PM

restricting does not change order. Search order is by "relevance" that is those matches the FTS engine scores highest for the current query.

10-25-2022, 04:10 PM	#1
ownedbycats Custom User Title Posts: 10,589 Karma: 74166147 Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra H2O, formerly Aura HD	What order does FTS display results in? Assuming 'restrict searched books' is enabled, what order does FTS display its results in? Seeing as they gradually appear as the search progresses, I assume this is the same order it does the search. It doesn't appear to be doing it by title, book ID, or current book list order.

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10-25-2022, 11:28 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,146 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	restricting does not change order. Search order is by "relevance" that is those matches the FTS engine scores highest for the current query.

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