So, all this hard work that people have put into Solr to make it more like a Disney theme park is just... wasted... on you? Sigh. Okay, I guess we can't please everyone.
-- Jack Krupansky On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 5:40 PM, <jimi.hulleg...@svensktnaringsliv.se> wrote: > I have no problem with automatic. It is "automagicall" stuff that I find a > bit hard to like. Ie things that are automatic, but doesn't explain how and > why they are automatic. But Disney Land and Disney World are actually > really good examples of places where the magic stuff is suitable, ie in > themeparks, designed mostly for kids. In the grown up world of IT, most > people prefer logical and documented stuff, not things that "just works" > without explaining why. No offence :) > > /Jimi > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Krupansky [mailto:jack.krupan...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 11:31 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: ExtendedDisMax configuration nowhere to be found > > 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+Q > > uery+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 > > > > > >
