Here you can find some explanation http://wiki.apache.org/solr/UpdateXmlMessages
On 25/07/07, Thierry Collogne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > ? > > >
