On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, ashokc wrote:
: When 'dismax' queries are use, where is the best place to apply boost
: values/factors? While indexing by supplying the 'boost' attribute to the
: field, or in solrconfig.xml by specifying the 'qf' parameter with the same
: boosts? What are the advantages/disad
It's like cooking. If you put too much salt in your food, it's kind of hard to
undo that and you end up with a salty meal. Boosting at search time makes it
easy to change boosts (e.g. when trying to find the best boost values), while
boosting at index time "hard-codes" them. You can use both
