OK i think i found the proper way to do what i was trying to do: &q=chairs AND (regularprice:[0 TO *]^5)
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Donald Organ <dor...@donaldorgan.com>wrote: > I've even tried upping the boost to 10 and the de-boost to 1....but yet > its still applying the boost to all the documents returned. So it matter > if this is a money field? > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Donald Organ <dor...@donaldorgan.com>wrote: > >> &q=chairs AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (*:* -regularprice:*)^0.5)&sort=score desc >> >> >> Same effect. >> >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Jack Krupansky >> <j...@basetechnology.com>wrote: >> >>> Change the second boost to 0.5 to de-boost doc that are missing the >>> field value. You had them the same. >>> >>> -- Jack Krupansky >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 4:01 PM >>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: Boosting on field empty or not >>> >>> OK it looks like the query change is working but it looks like it >>> boosting >>> everything even documents that have that field empty.... >>> >>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Donald Organ <dor...@donaldorgan.com >>> >wrote: >>> >>> OK i must be missing something: >>>> >>>> >>>> defType=edismax&start=0&rows=**24&facet=true&qf=nameSuggest^**10 >>>> name^10 codeTXT^2 description^1 brand_search^0 >>>> cat_search^10&spellcheck=true&**spellcheck.collate=true&** >>>> spellcheck.q=chairs&facet.**mincount=1&fl=code,score&q=**chairs AND >>>> (regularprice:*^5 OR (*:* -regularprice:*)^5)&sort=score desc >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Jack Krupansky < >>>> j...@basetechnology.com>**wrote: >>>> >>>> "(*:* -regularprice:*)5" should be "(*:* -regularprice:*)^0.5" - the >>>>> missing boost operator. >>>>> >>>>> -- Jack Krupansky >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>>>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 3:31 PM >>>>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>>>> Subject: Re: Boosting on field empty or not >>>>> >>>>> Still doesnt appear to be working. Here is the full Query string: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> defType=edismax&start=0&rows=****24&facet=true&qf=nameSuggest^****10 >>>>> name^10 >>>>> codeTXT^2 description^1 brand_search^0 >>>>> cat_search^10&spellcheck=true&****spellcheck.collate=true&** >>>>> spellcheck.q=chairs&facet.****mincount=1&fl=code,score&q=****chairs >>>>> AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (*:* -regularprice:*)5) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Jack Krupansky < >>>>> j...@basetechnology.com> >>>>> **wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Sorry, make that: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> &q=chairs AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (*:* -regularprice:*)^0.5) >>>>>> >>>>>> I forgot that pure negative queries are broken again, so you need the >>>>>> *:* >>>>>> in there. >>>>>> >>>>>> I noticed that you second boost operator was missing as well. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 3:24 PM >>>>>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: Boosting on field empty or not >>>>>> >>>>>> OK i just tried: >>>>>> >>>>>> &q=chairs AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (-regularprice:*)5) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And that gives me 0 results >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Jack Krupansky < >>>>>> j...@basetechnology.com >>>>>> >* >>>>>> *wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> foo AND (field:*^2.0 OR (-field:*)^0.5) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> So, if a doc has anything in the field, it gets boosted, and if the >>>>>>> doc >>>>>>> does not have anything in the field, de-boost it. Choose the boost >>>>>>> factors >>>>>>> to suit your desired boosting effect. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:38 PM >>>>>>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Boosting on field empty or not >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OK maybe i need to describe this a little more. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Basically I want documents that have a given field populated to have >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> higher score than the documents that dont. So if you search for foo >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> want >>>>>>> documents that contain foo, but i want the documents that have field >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> populated to have a higher score... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there a way to do this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Jack Krupansky < >>>>>>> j...@basetechnology.com >>>>>>> >* >>>>>>> *wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In a query or filter query you can write +field:* to require that a >>>>>>> field >>>>>>> >>>>>>> be populated or +(-field:*) to require that it not be populated >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- Jack Krupansky >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:10 PM >>>>>>>> To: solr-user >>>>>>>> Subject: Boosting on field empty or not >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Is there a way to boost a document based on whether the field is >>>>>>>> empty >>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>> not. I am looking to boost documents that have a specific field >>>>>>>> populated. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
