No, I wasn't thinking of the _val_ hack, you can boos via the q parameter as you indicated: i_authors:tilly^5 i_title:tilly^10
Do note, though, that you'll never be able to absolutely guarantee the ordering you want, although by using "crazy values' you may not be able to tell <G>... Best Erick On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:08 AM, phoey <pho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > thanks for replying erick, > > We are currently using dismax but for this particular client we have > coupled > their implementation to standard parser and will be difficult to switch, > although i might just have to bite the bullet for this. > > "which you can do without dismax BTW, although you have to interpret the > user's input" > > This is doing it by the _val_: hack within the q param correct? Or do you > mean by having the query (i_authors:tilly^5 i_title:tilly^10) etc? > > How would i do it to say boost title by 5 - is that even possible within a > function query? > > i will try just giving some crazy boost values to the most important fields > and hope that it improves the problem. > > joe > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Index-time-boosting-tp1411105p1412259.html > Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
