In this case, the boost and fields in the "qf" parameter won't be considered for the search. With this query Solr will search for documents with the terms "this" and/or (depending on your default operator) "that" in the field1 and the term "other" in the field2
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Robert Brown <r...@intelcompute.com> wrote: > Thanks Tomás, > > My example should have read... > > q=+(field1:this field1:that) +(field2:other) > > I'm using edismax. > > so with this approach, the boosts as specified in solrconfig qf will > remain in place? > > > --- > > IntelCompute > Web Design & Local Online Marketing > > http://www.intelcompute.com > > On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 09:17:59 -0300, Tomás Fernández Löbbe > <tomasflo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Robert, the answer depends on the query parser you are using. If you > are > > using the "edismax" query parser, then the "qf" will only be used when > you > > don't specify any field in the "q" parameter. In your example the result > > query will be, boolean queries for "this" and "that" in the field1 and a > > DisMax query for the term "other" in fields (and the boost) you specify > in > > qf. > > > > If you use "dismax" the field in the query will not be considered and if > > you use LuceneQP the qf are not considered and it is going to use the > > default search field for the term "other" and no boost. > > > > You can see this very easily turning on the "debugQuery". > > > > Regards, > > > > Tomás > > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Robert Brown <r...@intelcompute.com> > wrote: > > > >> If I have a set list in solrconfig for my "qf" along with their boosts, > >> and I then specify field names directly in q (where I could also > override > >> the boosts), are the boosts left in place, or reset to 1? > >> > >> > >> <str name="qf"> > >> this^3 > >> that^2 > >> other^9 > >> </str> > >> > >> > >> ie q=field1:+(this that) +(other) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> IntelCompute > >> Web Design & Local Online Marketing > >> > >> http://www.intelcompute.com > >> > >> > >
