# multi\_field and sort

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-field-and-sort/6030>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 30, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-field-and-sort/6030 "2011-11-30T16:17:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jesus\_Lopes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jesus_lopes/32/3060_2.png) [@Jesus\_Lopes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jesus_Lopes)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-field-and-sort/6030/1 "2011-11-30T16:17:25Z")

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Hi,

I'm starting to use elasticsearch. During my tests, I want sort the  
results by name. Some names have accents (like Éder) and may have  
other characters.

Bellow the gist with my test:

> <https://gist.github.com/jtadeulopes/1409591>

I'm using multi\_field correctly? Which better method for building this  
sort?

Using solr we have the same problem.

Thank you!

Jésus Lopes

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-field-and-sort/6030/2 "2017-07-06T03:46:52Z")

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