Yes, it absolutely is automagic - just look at those examples in the Confluence ref guide. No special request handler is needed - just the normal default handler. Just the defType and qf parameters are needed - as shown in the wiki examples.
It really is that simple! All you have to supply is the list of fields to query (qf) and your actual query text (q). I know, I know... some people just can't handle automatic. (Some people hate DisneyLand/World!) -- Jack Krupansky On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 5:16 PM, <jimi.hulleg...@svensktnaringsliv.se> wrote: > I'm sorry, but I am still confused. I'm expecting to see some > <requestHandler> tag somewhere. Why doesn't the documentation nor the > example solrconfig.xml contain such a tag? > > If the edismax requestHandler is defined automatically, the documentation > should explain that. Also, there should still exist some xml code that > corresponds exactly to that default setup, right? That is what I'm looking > for. > > For now, this edismax thing seems to work "automagically", and I prefer to > understand why and how something works. > > /Jimi > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Krupansky [mailto:jack.krupan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 10:58 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: ExtendedDisMax configuration nowhere to be found > > Consult the Confluence wiki for more recent doc: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/The+Extended+DisMax+Query+Parser > > You can specify all the parameters on your query request as in the > examples, or by placing the parameters in the "defaults" section for your > request handler in solrconfig.xml. > > > -- Jack Krupansky > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 2:42 PM, <jimi.hulleg...@svensktnaringsliv.se> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to setup ExtendedDisMax in our solr 4.6 server, but I can't > > seem to find any example configuration for this. Ie the configuration > > needed in solrconfig.xml. In the wiki page > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/ExtendedDisMax it simply says: > > > > "Extended DisMax is already configured in the example configuration, > > with the name edismax." > > > > But this is not true for the solrconfig.xml in our setup (it only > > contains an example for dismax, not edismax), and I downloaded the > > latest solr zip file (solr 5.5.0), and it didn't have either dismax or > > edismax in any of its solrconfig.xml files. > > > > Why is it so hard to find this configuration? Am I missing something > > obvious? > > > > Regards > > /Jimi > > >
