Re: MultiFieldQueryParser vs concatenated field

2006-10-03 Thread Chris Hostetter
: Well, as always, it depends ... My first thought is that I'd index things : in separate fields as it gives you more options. For instance, let's say : that you have name and phone fields and decide that the name field is more : important than the phone number. Your options for boosting "anything

Re: MultiFieldQueryParser vs concatenated field

2006-10-03 Thread Erick Erickson
Well, as always, it depends ... My first thought is that I'd index things in separate fields as it gives you more options. For instance, let's say that you have name and phone fields and decide that the name field is more important than the phone number. Your options for boosting "anything in the

MultiFieldQueryParser vs concatenated field

2006-10-03 Thread Volodymyr Bychkoviak
In my application I need to implement search across several fields. What is better approach in term of relevance scoring: Index in separate fields and search using MultiFieldQueryParser or index everything as concatenated field an search using this field? Thanks in advance. -- regards, Volody