I didn't know about sloppy queries. This is great stuff!

I solved it with a &qs=100.

Thank you for the help.



On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> just skimmed, but:
>
> bq:  I would get a hit for "vis dis dur", but "vis dur dis" no longer
> returns anything. This is not an option for me
>
> Would slop help here? i.e. "vis dur dis"~3 or some such?
>
> Best
> Erick
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 4:34 AM, John Nielsen <j...@mcb.dk> wrote:
> > q and logical operators.
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a strange problem which seems to stomp my google-fu skills.
> >
> > We have a webshop which has a solr based search mechanism which allows
> > customers to search for products based on a range of different fields,
> > including item numbers. I recently added a feature which allows users who
> > are logged in to search for custom item numbers which are associated with
> > that user. What this means in practical terms is that when a user logs
> in,
> > the solr search query has to look in one extra field compared to when the
> > user is not logged in.
> >
> > The standard non-logged in search query looks like this (I only included
> > the relevant first part of the query.):
> > http://
> >
> <secret>/solr/11731_Danish/search?defType=edismax&q=Visitkort+display+Durable+4+rum+til+240+kort
> >
> > When doing the same search while logged in, the query looks like this:
> > http://
> >
> <secret>/solr/11731_Danish/search?defType=edismax&q=Visitkort+display+Durable+4+rum+til+240+kort+OR+customer_5266762_product_number_string:Visitkort+display+Durable+4+rum+til+240+kort
> >
> > Here I add an extra field, customer_5266762_product_number_string
> (5266762
> > being the logged in users internal ID), basically including the same
> search
> > tearm two times.
> >
> > The above examples work beautifully when searching for a specific item
> > number stored in the customer_5266762_product_number_string. The problem
> is
> > that when a user is logged in and want to do regular searches, the system
> > begins to break down. In the specific example above, I expect to get a
> > single hit for a product with the title "Visitkort display Durable 4 rum
> > til 240 kort". It works as expected with the first non-logged-in example.
> > The second logged-in example returns over 7000 hits. I would expect it to
> > return just one hit since there is nothing relevant in the
> > customer_5266762_product_number_string for this query.
> >
> > Now, the following is where my brain begins to melt down.
> >
> > I discovered that if you put the search text in quotation marks, it will
> > work as expected, but doing so breaks another loved feature we have:
> >
> > If i want a hit on the product named "Visitkort display Durable 4 rum til
> > 240 kort", I could do a search for "vis dis dur", and it would show up. I
> > could also get a hit if i write "vis dur dis", changing the orden of the
> > words. If i put the search query in quotation marks, I break that
> > capability. I would get a hit for "vis dis dur", but "vis dur dis" no
> > longer returns anything. This is not an option for me.
> >
> > It is entirely posible that there is a better way of implementing this
> and
> > fortunately, a rewrite is possible at this time. If my basic approach is
> > correct and I just don't understand how to construct my query correctly,
> an
> > RTFM pointer will be most welcome!
> >
> > --
> > Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
> >
> > *John Nielsen*
> > Programmer
> >
> >
> >
> > *MCB A/S*
> > Enghaven 15
> > DK-7500 Holstebro
> >
> > Kundeservice: +45 9610 2824
> > p...@mcb.dk
> > www.mcb.dk
>



-- 
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards

*John Nielsen*
Programmer



*MCB A/S*
Enghaven 15
DK-7500 Holstebro

Kundeservice: +45 9610 2824
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