I'm using the LocalParams syntax combined with the _query_ pseudo-field to build an advanced search screen (built on Solr 1.4.1's Dismax handler), but I'm running into some syntax questions that don't seem to be addressed by the wiki page here:
http://wiki.apache.org/solr/LocalParams 1.) How should I deal with repeating parameters? If I use multiple boost queries, it seems that only the last one listed is used... for example: ((_query_:"{!dismax qf=\"title^500 author^300 allfields\" bq=\"format:Book^50\" bq=\"format:Journal^150\"}test")) boosts Journals, but not Books. If I reverse the order of the two bq parameters, then Books get boosted instead of Journals. I can work around this by creating one bq with the clauses OR'ed together, but I would rather be able to apply multiple bq's like I can elsewhere. 2.) What is the proper way to escape quotes? Since there are multiple nested layers of double quotes, things get ugly and it's easy to end up with syntax errors. I found that this syntax doesn't cause an error: ((_query_:"{!dismax qf=\"title^500 author^300 allfields\" bq=\"format:\\\"Book\\\"^50\" bq=\"format:\\\"Journal\\\"^150\"}test")) ...but it also doesn't work correctly - the boost queries are completely ignored in this example. Perhaps this is more a problem related to _query_ than to LocalParams syntax... but either way, a solution would be great! thanks, Demian
