'slop' is an actual argument!?!? LOL! I thought you were just describing some ASPECT of the search process, not it's workings :-) Dennis Gearon
Signature Warning ---------------- EARTH has a Right To Life, otherwise we all die. Read 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded' Laugh at http://www.yert.com/film.php --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Lance Norskog <goks...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Lance Norskog <goks...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Can i do relavence and sorting together? > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 4:57 PM > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/CommonQueryParameters?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=slop&fullsearch=Text > > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Dennis Gearon <gear...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > HOw does one 'vary the slop'? > > > > Dennis Gearon > > > > Signature Warning > > ---------------- > > EARTH has a Right To Life, > > otherwise we all die. > > > > Read 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded' > > Laugh at http://www.yert.com/film.php > > > > > > --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> From: Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > >> Subject: Re: Can i do relavence and sorting > together? > >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > >> Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 8:58 AM > >> The problem, and it's a practical > >> one, is that terms usually have to be > >> pretty > >> close to each other for proximity to matter, and > you can > >> get this with > >> phrase queries by varying the slop. > >> > >> FWIW > >> Erick > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Andrew Cogan > >> <aco...@wordsearchbible.com>wrote: > >> > >> > I'm a total Lucene/SOLR newbie, and I'm > surprised to > >> see that when there > >> > are > >> > multiple search terms, term proximity isn't > part of > >> the scoring process. > >> > Has > >> > anyone on the list done custom scoring that > weights > >> proximity? > >> > > >> > Andy Cogan > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: kenf_nc [mailto:ken.fos...@realestate.com] > >> > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 7:06 AM > >> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > >> > Subject: Re: Can i do relavence and sorting > together? > >> > > >> > > >> > Those are at least 3 different questions. > Easiest > >> first, sorting. > >> > add > >> &sort=ad_post_date+desc (or asc) > >> for sorting on date, > >> > descending or ascending > >> > > >> > check out how > >> > http://www.supermind.org/blog/378/lucene-scoring-for-dummies > >> > Lucene scores by default. It might close to > what > >> you want. The only thing > >> > it isn't doing that you are looking for is > the > >> relative distance between > >> > keywords in a document. > >> > > >> > You can add a boost to the ad_title and > ad_description > >> fields to make them > >> > more important to your search. > >> > > >> > My guess is, although I haven't done this > myself, the > >> default Scoring > >> > algorithm can be augmented or replaced with > your own. > >> That may be a route > >> > to > >> > take if you are comfortable with java. > >> > -- > >> > View this message in context: > >> > > >> > http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Can-i-do-relavence-and-sorting-together-t > >> > p1516587p1516691.html > >> > Sent from the Solr - User mailing list > archive at > >> Nabble.com. > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- > Lance Norskog > goks...@gmail.com >