: How do i boost a field (not a term) using the standard handler syntax? I : know i can do that with the DisMax but I'm trying to keep myself in the : standard one.Can this be done ?
there is no such thing as boosting a field ... only boosting a query. when you specify something like "yakko^3" in the qf for the dismax handler, that is just syntax for asking that all queries dismax generates for you involving the field yakko should have a boost of 3. i suppose similar syntax could be added to the standard handler (ie: a param used by the query parser such that any time it sees a field name it applies a specific boost to that query) but it doesn't currently exist. -Hoss
