: case then I'd make my qf to be "last-name^2.0 first-name". I'm not realy : sure what "fq" param is for, could anyone explain?
note the Parameters section of the DisMaxRequestHandler wiki page ... particulararly where it links over to "In addition to the CommonQueryParameters..." http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxRequestHandler http://wiki.apache.org/solr/CommonQueryParameters -Hoss