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Lucene in Action hits desk in UK
My copy of Lucene in Action has finally hit my desk in the UK.
Hopefully the dispatch time quoted by amazon.co.uk will now start to
drop to something more sensible.
It's been interesting watching the price changes. When I ordered my
copy back in November, I paid £19.38 for it. At around the time of
publication, the price went up to £35.99, the list price. It's
currently priced at £25.19, 30% off list price.
jch
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Re: Lucene in Action hits desk in UK
Posted by aurora <au...@gmail.com>.
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:42:52 +0000, John Haxby <jc...@scalix.com> wrote:
>
> My copy of Lucene in Action has finally hit my desk in the UK.
> Hopefully the dispatch time quoted by amazon.co.uk will now start to
> drop to something more sensible.
>
> It's been interesting watching the price changes. When I ordered my
> copy back in November, I paid £19.38 for it. At around the time of
> publication, the price went up to £35.99, the list price. It's
> currently priced at £25.19, 30% off list price.
>
> jch
I noticed the price swing at Amazon too. I find the best price at
www.bookpool.com at US$27.5. Great book by the way. Not just about using
Lucene but touches on a wide range of background and related topics as
well.
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Re: Getting Into Search
Posted by Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com>.
Thanks Otis. Haven't seen it in either store (at least the ones in downtown
Toronto I usually shop at).
Their website says it ships in 24 hrs. It was cheaper on Amazon.ca so I went
that route for my printed version.
Luke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Otis Gospodnetic" <ot...@yahoo.com>
To: "Lucene Users List" <lu...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: Getting Into Search
> Hi Luke,
>
> That's not hard with RangeQuery (supported by QueryParser), take a look
> at this:
> http://www.lucenebook.com/search?query=date+range
>
> The grayed-out text has the section name and page number, so you can
> quickly locate this stuff in your ebook.
>
> Otis
> P.S.
> Do you know if Indigo/Chapters has Lucene in Action on their book
> shelves yet?
>
>
> --- Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello;
> >
> > My lucene application has been performing well in our company's CMS
> > application. The plan now is too offer "advanced searching".
> >
> > I just bought the eBook version of Lucene in Action to help with my
> > research
> > (it is taking Amazon for ever to ship the printed version to Canada).
> >
> > The book looks great and will certainly deepen my understanding. But
> > I am
> > suffering a bit of information over load.
> >
> > I was hoping I could post the rough requirments I was given this
> > morning and
> > perhaps some more experienced Luceners could help direct my research
> > (this
> > can even be pointing me to relevant sections of the book).
> >
> > 1. Documents in the system contain the following fields,
> > ModificationDate,
> > CreationDate. A query is required that allows users to search for
> > documents
> > created/modified on a certain date or within a certain date range.
> >
> > 2. Documents in the system also contains fields: Title, Path. A query
> > is
> > required that allows users to search for Titles or Path starting
> > with,
> > ending with, containing (this is all the system currently does) or
> > matching
> > specific term(s).
> >
> > Later today I will get more specific requirments. For now I am
> > looking
> > through Analysis section of the eBook for ideas on how to handle
> > this. Any
> > tips anyone can give would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Luke
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Getting Into Search
Posted by Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>.
Hi Luke,
That's not hard with RangeQuery (supported by QueryParser), take a look
at this:
http://www.lucenebook.com/search?query=date+range
The grayed-out text has the section name and page number, so you can
quickly locate this stuff in your ebook.
Otis
P.S.
Do you know if Indigo/Chapters has Lucene in Action on their book
shelves yet?
--- Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com> wrote:
> Hello;
>
> My lucene application has been performing well in our company's CMS
> application. The plan now is too offer "advanced searching".
>
> I just bought the eBook version of Lucene in Action to help with my
> research
> (it is taking Amazon for ever to ship the printed version to Canada).
>
> The book looks great and will certainly deepen my understanding. But
> I am
> suffering a bit of information over load.
>
> I was hoping I could post the rough requirments I was given this
> morning and
> perhaps some more experienced Luceners could help direct my research
> (this
> can even be pointing me to relevant sections of the book).
>
> 1. Documents in the system contain the following fields,
> ModificationDate,
> CreationDate. A query is required that allows users to search for
> documents
> created/modified on a certain date or within a certain date range.
>
> 2. Documents in the system also contains fields: Title, Path. A query
> is
> required that allows users to search for Titles or Path starting
> with,
> ending with, containing (this is all the system currently does) or
> matching
> specific term(s).
>
> Later today I will get more specific requirments. For now I am
> looking
> through Analysis section of the eBook for ideas on how to handle
> this. Any
> tips anyone can give would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luke
>
>
>
>
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Getting Into Search
Posted by Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com>.
Hello;
My lucene application has been performing well in our company's CMS
application. The plan now is too offer "advanced searching".
I just bought the eBook version of Lucene in Action to help with my research
(it is taking Amazon for ever to ship the printed version to Canada).
The book looks great and will certainly deepen my understanding. But I am
suffering a bit of information over load.
I was hoping I could post the rough requirments I was given this morning and
perhaps some more experienced Luceners could help direct my research (this
can even be pointing me to relevant sections of the book).
1. Documents in the system contain the following fields, ModificationDate,
CreationDate. A query is required that allows users to search for documents
created/modified on a certain date or within a certain date range.
2. Documents in the system also contains fields: Title, Path. A query is
required that allows users to search for Titles or Path starting with,
ending with, containing (this is all the system currently does) or matching
specific term(s).
Later today I will get more specific requirments. For now I am looking
through Analysis section of the eBook for ideas on how to handle this. Any
tips anyone can give would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Luke
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Re: Boosting Questions
Posted by Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com>.
Thanks Otis.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Otis Gospodnetic" <ot...@yahoo.com>
To: "Lucene Users List" <lu...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: Boosting Questions
> Luke,
>
> Boosting is only one of the factors involved in Document/Query scoring.
> Assuming that by applying your boosts to Document A or a single field
> of Document A increases the total score enough, yes, that Document A
> may have the highest score. But just because you boost a single
> Document and not others, it does not mean it will emerge at the top.
> You should check out the Explanation class, which can dump all scoring
> factors in text or HTML format.
>
> Otis
>
>
> --- Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All;
> >
> > I just want to make sure I have the right idea about boosting.
> >
> > So if I boost a document (Document A) after I index it (lets say a
> > score of
> > 2.0) Lucene will now consider this document relativly more important
> > than
> > other documents in the index with a boost factor less than 2.0. This
> > boost
> > factor will also be applied to all the fields in the Document A.
> > Therefore,
> > if I do a TermQuery on a field that all my documents share ("title"),
> > in the
> > returned Hits (assuming Document A was among the return documents),
> > Document
> > A will score higher than other documents with a lower boost factor
> > because
> > the "title" field in A would have been boosted with all its other
> > fields.
> > Correct?
> >
> > Now if at indexing time I decided to boost a particular field, lets
> > say
> > "address" in Document A (this is a field which all documents have)
> > the boost
> > factor is only applied to the "address" field of Document A. Nothing
> > else is
> > boosted by this operation. This means if a TermQuery on the "address"
> > field
> > returns Document A along with a collection of other documents,
> > Document A
> > will score higher than the others because of boosting. Correct?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Luke
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Boosting Questions
Posted by Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>.
Luke,
Boosting is only one of the factors involved in Document/Query scoring.
Assuming that by applying your boosts to Document A or a single field
of Document A increases the total score enough, yes, that Document A
may have the highest score. But just because you boost a single
Document and not others, it does not mean it will emerge at the top.
You should check out the Explanation class, which can dump all scoring
factors in text or HTML format.
Otis
--- Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com> wrote:
> Hi All;
>
> I just want to make sure I have the right idea about boosting.
>
> So if I boost a document (Document A) after I index it (lets say a
> score of
> 2.0) Lucene will now consider this document relativly more important
> than
> other documents in the index with a boost factor less than 2.0. This
> boost
> factor will also be applied to all the fields in the Document A.
> Therefore,
> if I do a TermQuery on a field that all my documents share ("title"),
> in the
> returned Hits (assuming Document A was among the return documents),
> Document
> A will score higher than other documents with a lower boost factor
> because
> the "title" field in A would have been boosted with all its other
> fields.
> Correct?
>
> Now if at indexing time I decided to boost a particular field, lets
> say
> "address" in Document A (this is a field which all documents have)
> the boost
> factor is only applied to the "address" field of Document A. Nothing
> else is
> boosted by this operation. This means if a TermQuery on the "address"
> field
> returns Document A along with a collection of other documents,
> Document A
> will score higher than the others because of boosting. Correct?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Luke
>
>
>
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Boosting Questions
Posted by Luke Shannon <ls...@futurebrand.com>.
Hi All;
I just want to make sure I have the right idea about boosting.
So if I boost a document (Document A) after I index it (lets say a score of
2.0) Lucene will now consider this document relativly more important than
other documents in the index with a boost factor less than 2.0. This boost
factor will also be applied to all the fields in the Document A. Therefore,
if I do a TermQuery on a field that all my documents share ("title"), in the
returned Hits (assuming Document A was among the return documents), Document
A will score higher than other documents with a lower boost factor because
the "title" field in A would have been boosted with all its other fields.
Correct?
Now if at indexing time I decided to boost a particular field, lets say
"address" in Document A (this is a field which all documents have) the boost
factor is only applied to the "address" field of Document A. Nothing else is
boosted by this operation. This means if a TermQuery on the "address" field
returns Document A along with a collection of other documents, Document A
will score higher than the others because of boosting. Correct?
Thanks,
Luke
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Re: Lucene in Action hits desk in UK
Posted by Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>.
Hello,
I've asked the publisher ( http://www.manning.com ) yesterday. I don't
know about the exact stores, but apparently they do have a distributor
in Singapore, so you should be able to find Lucene in Action there
soon.
Otis
--- jac jac <fo...@yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
>
> Just wondering:
>
> Is Lucene-in-Action being sold anywhere in Singapore?
>
>
>
> thanks!
>
>
>
> Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com> wrote: Gospodneti�
> sounds like Gospodnetich and Eric is Erik :)
>
> Otis
>
> --- John Haxby wrote:
>
> > Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
> >
> > >I contacted both the US and UK Amazon sites and asked them to fix
> my
> > >last name (the last character in my name has a little slash (not
> an
> > >accent) above it), but they never bothered to fix it nor email me
> > back.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > They probably don't know how to type a ć. How _do_ you pronounce
> > your
> > name? I've no idea what to do with that mark over the final c! At
> > the
> > moment it's "Lucene in Action" by Eric Hatcher and Otis
> > Gospo-something-or-other :-)
> >
> > >Anyhow, enjoy Lucene in Action!
> > >
> > >
> > Already doing so!
> >
> > jch
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Re: Lucene in Action hits desk in UK
Posted by jac jac <fo...@yahoo.com.sg>.
Just wondering:
Is Lucene-in-Action being sold anywhere in Singapore?
thanks!
Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com> wrote: Gospodnetiæ sounds like Gospodnetich and Eric is Erik :)
Otis
--- John Haxby wrote:
> Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
>
> >I contacted both the US and UK Amazon sites and asked them to fix my
> >last name (the last character in my name has a little slash (not an
> >accent) above it), but they never bothered to fix it nor email me
> back.
> >
> >
> >
> They probably don't know how to type a Ä. How _do_ you pronounce
> your
> name? I've no idea what to do with that mark over the final c! At
> the
> moment it's "Lucene in Action" by Eric Hatcher and Otis
> Gospo-something-or-other :-)
>
> >Anyhow, enjoy Lucene in Action!
> >
> >
> Already doing so!
>
> jch
>
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Re: Lucene in Action hits desk in UK
Posted by Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>.
Gospodnetić sounds like Gospodnetich and Eric is Erik :)
Otis
--- John Haxby <jc...@scalix.com> wrote:
> Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
>
> >I contacted both the US and UK Amazon sites and asked them to fix my
> >last name (the last character in my name has a little slash (not an
> >accent) above it), but they never bothered to fix it nor email me
> back.
> >
> >
> >
> They probably don't know how to type a ć. How _do_ you pronounce
> your
> name? I've no idea what to do with that mark over the final c! At
> the
> moment it's "Lucene in Action" by Eric Hatcher and Otis
> Gospo-something-or-other :-)
>
> >Anyhow, enjoy Lucene in Action!
> >
> >
> Already doing so!
>
> jch
>
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Re: Lucene in Action hits desk in UK
Posted by John Haxby <jc...@scalix.com>.
Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
>I contacted both the US and UK Amazon sites and asked them to fix my
>last name (the last character in my name has a little slash (not an
>accent) above it), but they never bothered to fix it nor email me back.
>
>
>
They probably don't know how to type a ć. How _do_ you pronounce your
name? I've no idea what to do with that mark over the final c! At the
moment it's "Lucene in Action" by Eric Hatcher and Otis
Gospo-something-or-other :-)
>Anyhow, enjoy Lucene in Action!
>
>
Already doing so!
jch
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Re: Lucene in Action hits desk in UK
Posted by Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>.
Publisher -> Amazon information feed seems to be a fairly manual
process, and Amazon takes a while to update book information on their
site, including prices.
I contacted both the US and UK Amazon sites and asked them to fix my
last name (the last character in my name has a little slash (not an
accent) above it), but they never bothered to fix it nor email me back.
Anyhow, enjoy Lucene in Action!
Otis Gospodnetić
--- John Haxby <jc...@scalix.com> wrote:
>
> My copy of Lucene in Action has finally hit my desk in the UK.
> Hopefully the dispatch time quoted by amazon.co.uk will now start to
> drop to something more sensible.
>
> It's been interesting watching the price changes. When I ordered my
> copy back in November, I paid �19.38 for it. At around the time of
> publication, the price went up to �35.99, the list price. It's
> currently priced at �25.19, 30% off list price.
>
> jch
>
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