boost field without dismax

[Alessandro Ferrucci <al...@gmail.com>]

Hello,

is there a way to boost a field much like is done in dismax request
handler?  I've tried doing index-time boosting by providing the boost to the
field as an attribute in the add doc but that did nothing to affect the
score when I went to search.  I do not want to use dismax since I also want
wildcard patterns supported.  What I'd like to do is provide boosting of a
last-name field when I do a search.

Thanks

alessandro ferrucci =]

Re: boost field without dismax

[Thierry Collogne <th...@gmail.com>]

Here you can find some explanation

http://wiki.apache.org/solr/UpdateXmlMessages



On 25/07/07, Thierry Collogne <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> U can also add the boosting to the field at indextime.
>
> For example
>
> <field name="lastname" boost="3.0">foobar</field>
>
> And then u can do the query
>
> firstname:foobar OR lastname:foobar
>
> The above query will then boost the documents where foobar is in the
> lastname
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Thierry
>
> On 24/07/07, Brian Whitman <br...@variogr.am> wrote:
> >
> > >  Jul 24, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Alessandro Ferrucci wrote:
> > >> is there a way to boost a field much like is done in dismax request
> > >> handler?  I've tried doing index-time boosting by providing the
> > >> boost to the
> > >> field as an attribute in the add doc but that did nothing to
> > >> affect the
> > >> score when I went to search.  I do not want to use dismax since I
> > >> also want
> > >> wildcard patterns supported.  What I'd like to do is provide
> > >> boosting of a
> > >> last-name field when I do a search.
> >
> > something not like: firstname:alessandro lastname:ferrucci^5
> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> >
>

Re: boost field without dismax

[Thierry Collogne <th...@gmail.com>]

U can also add the boosting to the field at indextime.

For example

<field name="lastname" boost="3.0">foobar</field>

And then u can do the query

firstname:foobar OR lastname:foobar

The above query will then boost the documents where foobar is in the
lastname

Hope this helps,

Thierry

On 24/07/07, Brian Whitman <br...@variogr.am> wrote:
>
> >  Jul 24, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Alessandro Ferrucci wrote:
> >> is there a way to boost a field much like is done in dismax request
> >> handler?  I've tried doing index-time boosting by providing the
> >> boost to the
> >> field as an attribute in the add doc but that did nothing to
> >> affect the
> >> score when I went to search.  I do not want to use dismax since I
> >> also want
> >> wildcard patterns supported.  What I'd like to do is provide
> >> boosting of a
> >> last-name field when I do a search.
>
> something not like: firstname:alessandro lastname:ferrucci^5
>
> ?
>
>
>

Re: boost field without dismax

[Brian Whitman <br...@variogr.am>]

>  Jul 24, 2007, at 9:42 AM, Alessandro Ferrucci wrote:
>> is there a way to boost a field much like is done in dismax request
>> handler?  I've tried doing index-time boosting by providing the  
>> boost to the
>> field as an attribute in the add doc but that did nothing to  
>> affect the
>> score when I went to search.  I do not want to use dismax since I  
>> also want
>> wildcard patterns supported.  What I'd like to do is provide  
>> boosting of a
>> last-name field when I do a search.

something not like: firstname:alessandro lastname:ferrucci^5

?