Thank you very much Chris. I'm sorry I could not get back to you because I did not have the time to try this.
If I change my query from q=laptops to q=laptops%20(*:*%20-Refurbished)^10%20(*:*%20-Recertified)^10 I get exactly what I want! Thank you!! Is there anyway to handle a list of such words. If I have about 10 to 15 words, this query would keep getting longer and longer. Is there a better way to handle this? Right now, I specify the boost for my request handler as: <requestHandler name="/select" class="solr.SearchHandler"> ..... <str name="boost">ln(qty)</str> .... </requestHandler> Is there a way to specify this boost in the Solrconfig.xml? I tried: <str name="boost">(*:* -Refurbished)^10</str> and I get the following exception: ERROR - 2015-05-01 15:13:41.609; org.apache.solr.common.SolrException; org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: org.apache.solr.search.SyntaxError: Expected identifier at pos 0 str='(*:* -Refurbished)^10' at org.apache.solr.handler.component.QueryComponent.prepare(QueryComponent.java:204) at org.apache.solr.handler.component.SearchHandler.handleRequestBody(SearchHandler.java:204) at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:135) at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1976) at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:777) at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:418) at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:207) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1419) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:455) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137) at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:557) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1075) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:384) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1009) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:255) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:154) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:368) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:489) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.BlockingHttpConnection.handleRequest(BlockingHttpConnection.java:53) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:942) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:1004) at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:640) at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.BlockingHttpConnection.handle(BlockingHttpConnection.java:72) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.bio.SocketConnector$ConnectorEndPoint.run(SocketConnector.java:264) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:608) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$3.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:543) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: org.apache.solr.search.SyntaxError: Expected identifier at pos 0 str='(*:* -Refurbished)^10' at org.apache.solr.search.QueryParsing$StrParser.getId(QueryParsing.java:771) at org.apache.solr.search.QueryParsing$StrParser.getId(QueryParsing.java:750) at org.apache.solr.search.FunctionQParser.parseValueSource(FunctionQParser.java:345) at org.apache.solr.search.FunctionQParser.parse(FunctionQParser.java:68) at org.apache.solr.search.QParser.getQuery(QParser.java:149) at org.apache.solr.search.ExtendedDismaxQParser.getMultiplicativeBoosts(ExtendedDismaxQParser.java:448) at org.apache.solr.search.ExtendedDismaxQParser.parse(ExtendedDismaxQParser.java:211) at org.apache.solr.search.QParser.getQuery(QParser.java:149) at org.apache.solr.handler.component.QueryComponent.prepare(QueryComponent.java:147) ... 31 more I'm using Solr 4.10.3 Thank you once again O. O. Chris Hostetter-3 wrote > https://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_do_I_give_a_negative_.28or_very_low.29_boost_to_documents_that_match_a_query.3F > > The general principle you need to follow is to boost documents that do > *not* match your keyword... > > (*:* -Refurbished)^10 > > -Hoss > http://www.lucidworks.com/ -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Negative-Boosting-documents-with-a-certain-word-tp4203224p4203488.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.