1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index b1d38fb9..05c679c9 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  package PublicInbox::Search;
  use strict;
  use parent qw(Exporter);
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw(retry_reopen);
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw(retry_reopen int_val);
  use List::Util qw(max);
  
  # values for searching, changing the numeric value breaks
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ sub load_xapian () {
                                  1 : Search::Xapian::ENQ_ASCENDING();
  
                  *sortable_serialise = $x.'::sortable_serialise';
+                *sortable_unserialise = $x.'::sortable_unserialise';
                  # n.b. FLAG_PURE_NOT is expensive not suitable for a public
                  # website as it could become a denial-of-service vector
                  # FLAG_PHRASE also seems to cause performance problems chert
@@ -436,4 +437,10 @@ sub help {
          \@ret;
  }
  
+sub int_val ($$) {
+        my ($doc, $col) = @_;
+        my $val = $doc->get_value($col) or return; # undefined is '' in Xapian
+        sortable_unserialise($val) + 0; # PV => IV conversion
+}
+
  1;