Agreed, you need to show the debug query info from your original query:
My syntax is something like this: >> >>> >> http://localhost:8983/solr/sales/select?indent=on&wt=json&; >> >>> >> fl=*,score&q=name:tv >> >>> >> promotion and could probably help you get the results you want On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> wrote: > bq: I hope that clears the confusion. > > Nope, doesn't clear it up at all. It's not clear which query you're > talking about.... at least to me. > > If you're searching for > name:tv AND name:promotion > > and getting back a document that has only "tv" in the name field > that's simply wrong and you need to find out why. > > If you're saying that searching for > name:tv OR name:promotion > > returns both and that docs with both terms score higher, that's likely > true although it'll be fuzzy. I'm guessing that the name field is > fairly short so the length norm will be the sam and this will be > fairly reliable. If the field could have a widely varying number of > terms it's less reliable. > > Best, > Erick > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:41 AM, OTH <omer.t....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi - Sorry it was very late at night for me and I think I didn't pick my > > wordings right. > > bq: it is indeed returning documents with only either one of the two > query > > terms > > What I meant was: Initially, I thought it was only returning documents > > which contained both 'tv' and 'promotion'. Then I realized I was > mistaken; > > it was also returning documents which contained either 'tv' or > 'promotion' > > (as well as documents which contained both, which were scored higher). > > I hope that clears the confusion. > > Thanks > > > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> bq: it is indeed returning documents with only either one of the two > query > >> terms > >> > >> Uhm, this should not be true. What's the output of adding debug=query? > >> And are you totally sure the above is true and you're just not seeing > >> the other term in the return? Or that you have a synonyms file that is > >> somehow making docs match? Or ??? > >> > >> So you're saying you get the exact same number of hits for > >> name:tv OR name:promotion > >> and > >> name:tv AND name:promotion > >> ??? Definitely not expected unless all docs happen to have both these > >> terms in the name field either through normal input or synonyms etc. > >> > >> You should need something like: > >> name:tv OR name:promotion OR (name:tv AND name:promotion)^100 > >> to score all the docs with both terms in the name field higher than just > >> one. > >> > >> Best, > >> Erick > >> > >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 3:05 PM, OTH <omer.t....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I'm sorry, there was a mistake. > >> > > >> > I previously wrote: > >> > > >> > However, these are returning only those documents which have both the > >> terms > >> >> 'tv promotion' in them (there are a few). It's not returning any > >> >> document which have only 'tv' or only 'promotion' in them. > >> > > >> > > >> > That's not true at all; it is indeed returning documents with only > either > >> > one of the two query terms (so, documents with only 'tv' or only > >> > 'promotion' in them). Sorry. You can disregard my question in the > last > >> > email. > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 2:03 AM, OTH <omer.t....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Thanks. > >> >> Both of these are working in my case: > >> >> name:"tv promotion" --> name:"tv promotion" > >> >> name:tv AND name:promotion --> name:tv AND name:promotion > >> >> (Although I'm assuming, the first might not have worked if my > document > >> had > >> >> been say 'promotion tv' or 'tv xyz promotion') > >> >> > >> >> However, these are returning only those documents which have both the > >> >> terms 'tv promotion' in them (there are a few). It's not returning > any > >> >> document which have only 'tv' or only 'promotion' in them. > >> >> > >> >> That's not an absolute requirement of mine, I could work around it, > but > >> I > >> >> was just wondering, if it were possible to pass a single solr query > with > >> >> both the terms 'tv' and 'promotion' in them, and have them return all > >> the > >> >> documents which contain either of those terms, but with higher scores > >> >> attached to those documents with both those terms? > >> >> > >> >> Much thanks > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:43 AM, David Hastings < > >> >> hastings.recurs...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> sorry, i meant debug query where you would get output like this: > >> >>> > >> >>> "debug": { > >> >>> "rawquerystring": "name:tv promotion", > >> >>> "querystring": "name:tv promotion", > >> >>> "parsedquery": "+name:tv +text:promotion", > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 4:41 PM, David Hastings < > >> >>> hastings.recurs...@gmail.com > >> >>> > wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> > well, short answer, use the analyzer to see whats happening. > >> >>> > long answer > >> >>> > theres a difference between > >> >>> > name:tv promotion --> name:tv default_field:promotion > >> >>> > name:"tv promotion" --> name:"tv promotion" > >> >>> > name:tv AND name:promotion --> name:tv AND name:promotion > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > since your default field most likely isnt name, its going to > search > >> only > >> >>> > the default field for it. you can alter this behavior using qf > >> >>> parameters: > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > qf='name^5 text' > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > for example would apply a boost of 5 if it matched the field > 'name', > >> and > >> >>> > only 1 for 'text' > >> >>> > > >> >>> > On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 4:35 PM, OTH <omer.t....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>> > > >> >>> >> Hello, > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> I have what I would think to be a fairly simple problem to solve, > >> >>> however > >> >>> >> I'm not sure how it's done in Solr and couldn't find an answer on > >> >>> Google. > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> Say I have two documents, "TV" and "TV promotion". If the search > >> >>> query is > >> >>> >> "TV promotion", then, obviously, I would like the document "TV > >> >>> promotion" > >> >>> >> to score higher. However, that is not the case right now. > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> My syntax is something like this: > >> >>> >> http://localhost:8983/solr/sales/select?indent=on&wt=json&; > >> >>> >> fl=*,score&q=name:tv > >> >>> >> promotion > >> >>> >> (I tried "q=name:tv+promotion (added the '+'), but it made no > >> >>> difference.) > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> It's not scoring the document "TV promotion" higher than "TV"; in > >> fact > >> >>> >> it's > >> >>> >> scoring it lower. > >> >>> >> > >> >>> >> Thanks > >> >>> >> > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >
