public function norm($id, $fieldName)
    {
        $fieldNum = $this->getFieldNum($fieldName);

        if ( !($this->_fields[$fieldNum]->isIndexed) ) {
            return null;
        }

        if (!isset($this->_norms[$fieldNum])) {
            $this->_loadNorm($fieldNum);
        }

        return Zend_Search_Lucene_Search_Similarity::decodeNorm( ord($this->_norms[$fieldNum][$id]) );
    }