It _seems_ like just adding "phrase fields" (qf) to your edismax defaults
gets you close. It would have the problem of matching if the field were
longer... but it might be "close enough".
Otherwise, why not just add in fq clauses on your exact fields? Because one
problem you'll have is that you ne
Okay, so the bottom line here is that you wish to change the semantics of
quoted phrases. Fine, that's your prerogative, but a change in semantics
would require a change to the query parser, or as you originally indicated,
a pre-processor. It does sound as if a pre-processor is the way to go her