If that's the way to go, we should do it by default so the user doesn't have to.
Unless the scores between two types of queries are compatible, It's a bad idea to transparently switch between them since it will cause relevancy to unpredictably change in the future (triggered by either a query changing slightly, or the index changing slightly). -Yonik Now hiring -- http://forms.cnet.com/slink?231706 On 11/16/05, Paul Elschot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why not leave that decision to the program using the query? > Something like this: > - catch the TooManyClauses exception, > - adapt (the offending parts of) the query to make these use > a FieldNormQuery, > - retry with a warning to the provider of the query that > the term frequencies have been ignored. > > The only disadvantage of this is that the term expansion > during rewrite has to be redone. > Also, when enough terms are involved, they might still cause > a memory problem because they are all needed at the same > time. > > Regards, > Paul Elschot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]