have you given the url like
&qf=field1^100+field2^200
i also first tried something like &qf="field1^100 field2^200" which never
worked, when i used the + sign it works.
markus
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Mark Fletcher [mailto:mark.fletcher2...@gmail.com]
> Gesendet: Samstag, 10. April 2010 12:51
> An: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> Betreff: dismax and qf
>
> Hi,
>
> I use *dismax* and have specified my fields to be boosted in the qf
> parameter in solrconfig.xml. What I understand is that in the
> search URL
> also I can specify these qf value by doing the addition &qf=field1^100
> field2^200 which can override the boost specified to each field in
> solrconfig.xml. But when I change the boosts like this in my
> URL for the
> various fields, I still don't
> find any difference at all in the order in which the results
> are coming. I
> have many fields specified in qf. I changed their boost by
> changing say *
> field1^2.0* to *field1^1000 *in the query URL but I find no
> change in the
> order in which the results still come.
>
> Is there any problem in using the qf parameter like this as
> part of the
> query URL and varying the boosts (relevancy) to check how the order of
> results vary. My aim is to see how the results would change
> if I boosted
> some fields more from others or the viceversa of decreased
> boost of some
> fields compared to others.
>
> Could some one pls help!
>
> Thanks.
> Mark.
>
