If figured that it would be - but the rankings are dynamically calculated. I'd like to limit the number of calculations performed for this very reason. Still not sure if this approach will be better than naivly filtering docs after the query has happened.
Reading about ValueSource thanks... Jim Yonik Seeley wrote: > > Calling out will be an order of magnitude (or two) slower compared to > moving the rankings into Solr, but it is doable. See ValueSource > (it's used by FunctionQuery). > > -Yonik > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Jim Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I take it I can add my own functions that would take care of calling out >> to >> my external ranking system? >> >> Looking for docs on that... >> >> Jim >> >> >> Yonik Seeley wrote: >>> >>> A function query might fit your needs... you could move some or all of >>> your external ranking system into Solr. >>> >>> -Yonik >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Jim Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I need to store 100 million documents in our Solr instance and be able >>>> to >>>> retrieve them with simple term queries - keyword matches. I'm NOT >>>> implementing a search application where documents are scored and >>>> ranked...they either match the keywords or not. Also, I have an >>>> external >>>> ranking system that I need to use to filter and order the search >>>> results. >>>> >>>> My requirements are for the very fast and reliable retrieval so I'm >>>> trying >>>> to figure a place to hook in or customize Solr/Lucene to just do the >>>> simplest thing, reliably and fast. >>>> >>>> 1. A naive approach would be to implement a handler, let the query >>>> happen >>>> normally then perform N lookups to my external scoring system then >>>> filter >>>> and sort the documents. It seems I may be doing a lot of extra work >>>> that >>>> way, especially with paging results and who knows what I'd doing to the >>>> cache. >>>> >>>> 2. Create a custom FieldType that is virtual and calls out to my >>>> external >>>> system? Then queries could be written to return all docs > my rank. >>>> >>>> 3. Implement custom Query, Weight, Scorer (et al) implementations to >>>> minimize the "Search Stuff" and just delegate calls to my external >>>> ranking >>>> system. >>>> >>>> 4. A filter of some kind? >>>> >>>> >>>> I'd love to get a sanity check on any of these approaches or some >>>> recommendations. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Jim >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Using-Solr-for-Info-Retreval-not-so-much-Search...-tp18723102p18723877.html >> Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Using-Solr-for-Info-Retreval-not-so-much-Search...-tp18723102p18724269.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
