Where is your “b” parameter used? I think that instead of trying to set a new “b” http param (which solr will not evaluate as a function), you should instead try to insert your function or switch qParser directly where the “b” param is used, e.g. in a bq or similar.
A bit heavy weight, but you could of course write a custom SearchComponent to construct your “b” parameter... -- Jan Høydahl, search solution architect Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com > 10. nov. 2015 kl. 23.52 skrev William Bell <billnb...@gmail.com>: > > We are trying to look at a value, and change another value based on that. > > For example, for national search we want to pass in radius=national, and > then set another variable equal to 0, else set the other variable = to > geodist() calculation. > > We tried {!switch} but this only appears to work on fq/q. There is no > function for constants for equals.... > > http://localhost:8983/solr/select?q=*:*&radius=national&b=if(equals($radius,'national'),0,geodist()) > > This does not work: > > http://localhost:8983/solr/select?q=*:*&radius=national&b={!switch > case.national=0 default=geodist() v=$radius} > > Ideas? > > > > -- > Bill Bell > billnb...@gmail.com > cell 720-256-8076