I'd like to be able to specify query term weights/boosts, which it sounds like bq was created for. I think my understanding from the wiki is a bit rough, so I'm hoping I might be able to get some questions answered here. Any thoughts/comments are much appreciated.
I initially tried simply passing a dismax-style query in bq w/ an empty q param and got no results. Is this because bq terms must specify fields. I.e. bq=shoes won't work, but bq=title:shoes will boost docs that match "shoes" in the "title" field? Does bq simply add boosts to query terms? Say my only qf is "title" and q=boots&bq=shoes^0.5. Does this translate to a lucene query of q=title:boots^1.0+title:shoes^0.5. If, instead, q=shoes+boots, would the lucene query be q=title:boots^1.0+title:shoes^1.5 ? Is it possible to negatively boost a term without completely negging it? I.e. is it possible to do something like q=shoes&bq=bags^-1.0 ? Thanks, Jason
