Re: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-21 Thread Erick Erickson
OK, I'm trying to adjust to a Mac and my keyboard shortcuts sometimes lead me to send the mail when I didn't intend. Sorry about that... So, leaving aside how you form your "similar" query, I *think* you want to form two clauses, your "exact" and your "similar" and boost them individually, combine

Re: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-21 Thread Erick Erickson
>From my perspective, index-time boosting and sorting are apples and oranges. According to a post from Hoss, index-time boosting is a way of saying that "Field x in this document is more important than field x in other documents". Query-time boosts are a way of saying "I care about field X more th

RE: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-21 Thread Rakesh Shete
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:53:02 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Boosting Vs Sorting > > OK, I'm trying to adjust to a Mac and my keyboard shortcuts sometimes > lead me to send the mail when I didn't intend. Sorry about that... &

Re: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-21 Thread Erick Erickson
uery. The syntax above would actually parse something like title:Indoor default_field:Photography^ 2.5. You need parentheses. Also think about phrase queries Hope this helps Erick > > Let me know if this would help my cause. > > Thnx for ur time n the valuable info. > > --Rakesh S &g

RE: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-24 Thread Rakesh Shete
te: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:15:29 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Boosting Vs Sorting > > See below... > > On Dec 21, 2007 12:50 PM, Rakesh Shete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Eric, > > > >

Re: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-24 Thread Erick Erickson
Do you have some guideline using which I can arrive at the correct boost > value in the above scenario? > > --Rakesh S > > > Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:15:29 -0500 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Boosting Vs Sortin

Re: Re: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-21 Thread tom
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Re: Re: Re: Boosting Vs Sorting

2007-12-21 Thread tom
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