i just tried this with the example schema:
1) changed the "cat" field to have omitNorms="false"
2) edited solr.xml so there was a second <doc> with all the same data
except a differnet "id" and a doc boost of 2
3) restarted port, and reindexed solr.xml
...when i search on cat:search, i definitely see the docboost comeinto
play...
<str name="id=SOLR1001,internal_docid=19">
2.5622776 = (MATCH) fieldWeight(cat:search in 19), product of:
1.0 = tf(termFreq(cat:search)=1)
2.049822 = idf(docFreq=6)
1.25 = fieldNorm(field=cat, doc=19)
</str>
<str name="id=SOLR1000,internal_docid=18">
1.2811388 = (MATCH) fieldWeight(cat:search in 18), product of:
1.0 = tf(termFreq(cat:search)=1)
2.049822 = idf(docFreq=6)
0.625 = fieldNorm(field=cat, doc=18)
...perhaps your docboosts (while diferent) are close enough together that
they encode to the same byte encoded value?
-Hoss
