> Hi > I would appreciate if someone can throw some light on the > following point > regarding proximity search. > i have a search box and if a use comes and type in "honda > car" WITHOUT any > double quotes, i want to get all documents with matches, > and also they > should be ranked based on proximity. i.e. the more the two > terms are nearer > the more is the rank. > From the admin looks like in order to test proximity i have > to always give > the word in double quote and a slop value > http://localhost:8983/solr/select/?q="honda+car"~12&version=2.2&start=0&rows=10&indent=on > > Hence looks like from admin point of view in order to do > proximity i have to > always give it in double quotes. > > My questions is in order to do proximity search we always > have to pass the > query as a phrase ie. in double quotes.
Yes, if you are using LuceneQParserPlugin. > The next question is that i thought using dismax handler i > could do a search > on a field and i can specify the ps value in order to > define proximity. > and this is the query i am giving and i get back no > results. any advice > where i am going wrong > > http://localhost:8983/solr/proxTest/?q="honda car" Can you try http://localhost:8983/solr/proxTest/?q=honda+car You don't need quotes in dismax. You can append &debugQuery=true to url to see whats going on. Hope this helps.
