replication - ordinal position of results

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rodger.spring
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replication - ordinal position of results

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Search Term -> banking
both Search Appliances give a match count of 667

Search Appliance #1
1: Microsoft Word - KYC letter.doc 75%
2: 1366211 75%
3: ABMarticle 75%
4: Microsoft Word - cpb_stolen_bonds 74%
5: Microsoft Word - spsp_10-month_letter.doc 74%
6: Microsoft Word - 0017349.doc 74%
7: Microsoft Word - spsp_welcome_letter.doc 74%
8: THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA> 74%
9: Fee Changes for Personal Bank Accounts 74%
10: Service Fee & Feature Changes for Personal Bank Accounts 74%


Search Appliance #2
1: Microsoft Word - KYC letter.doc 75%
2: 1366211 75%
3: ABMarticle 75%
4: Microsoft Word - 0017349.doc 74%
5: Microsoft Word - cpb_stolen_bonds 74%
6: Microsoft Word - spsp_10-month_letter.doc 74%
7: Microsoft Word - spsp_welcome_letter.doc 74%
8: THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA> 74%
9: Service Fee & Feature Changes for Personal Bank Accounts 74%
10: Fee Changes for Personal Bank Accounts 74%


I am expecting that the search result order for both Search Appliances should match exactly?
Items #1, #2, #3, #6, and #7 exactly match
but the other items have slightly different ordial positions for the two Search Appliances.
rodger.spring
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replication - ordinal position of results

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update
1,2,3,7, and 8 match exactly
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replication - ordinal position of results

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The results are ordered by rank. For identical ranks the order is indeterminate due to differences in raw database order etc.
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