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
>
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