On Jan 13, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Kevin Thorley wrote:
> I have tried several variations now, but have been unable to come up with a
> way to boost fields in a localsolr query. What I need to do is do a
> localsolr search and sort the result set so that a specific value is at the
> top. My idea was to use a nested dismax query with a boost field like this
> (with field names changed to protect the guilty):
>
> qt=geo & lat=44.47 & long=-73.15 & radius=10 & _query_:"{!dismax qf=year
> bf=author:kevin^2}2010" & sort=score desc
Sorry if this caused any confusion... the "bf" param above should have been "bq"
> In plain english, find all posts in the given radius from the year 2010 with
> the posts by author 'kevin' appearing at the top of the result set.
>
> This didn't work, as _query_ wasn't recognized by the localsolr handler. I
> then tried the opposite, putting the localsolr query in a nested query, but
> the dismax handler didn't parse the nested query.
>
> So, is there any way to accomplish what I am trying?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
