Re: ExternalFileField best practices

2010-08-29 Thread simon
Field, can I still use "popularity" in a boosted > > query such as: > > > > > > {!boost b=log(popularity)}foo > > > > > > The doc says ExternalFileField can only be used in > > FunctionQuery. Does that include a boost query like {!boost > >

Re: ExternalFileField best practices

2010-08-28 Thread Andy
> Subject: Re: ExternalFileField best practices > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 11:55 PM > You want the boost function bf= > parameter. > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Andy > wrote: > > Lance, > > > > Thanks for the response

Re: ExternalFileField best practices

2010-08-28 Thread Lance Norskog
8/10, Lance Norskog wrote: > >> From: Lance Norskog >> Subject: Re: ExternalFileField best practices >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 5:16 PM >> The file is completely reloaded when >> you commit or optimize. There is >

Re: ExternalFileField best practices

2010-08-28 Thread Andy
ileField can only be used in FunctionQuery. Does that include a boost query like {!boost b=log(popularity)}? --- On Sat, 8/28/10, Lance Norskog wrote: > From: Lance Norskog > Subject: Re: ExternalFileField best practices > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Date: Saturday, August

Re: ExternalFileField best practices

2010-08-28 Thread Lance Norskog
The file is completely reloaded when you commit or optimize. There is no incremental update available. And, yes, this could be a scaling problem. How you update it is completely external to Solr. On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Andy wrote: > I'm interested in using ExternalFileField to store a

ExternalFileField best practices

2010-08-28 Thread Andy
I'm interested in using ExternalFileField to store a field "popularity" that is being updated frequently. However ExternalFileField seems to be a pretty obscure feature. Have a few questions: 1) Can anyone share your experience using it? 2) What is the most efficient way to update the externa