using scoring to find exact matches while using a cursormark

[rhys J]

I am trying to use scoring to get the expected results at the top of the
stack when doing a Solr query.

I am looking up clt_ref_no: OWL-2924-8^2 OR contract_number: OWL-2924-8^2

If I use the following query:in the browser, I get the expected results at
the top of the returned values from Solr.

{
  "responseHeader":{
    "status":0,
    "QTime":41,
    "params":{
      "q":"( clt_ref_no:OWL-2924-8 ^2 OR contract_number:OWL-2924-8^2 )",
      "indent":"on",
      "fl":"clt_ref_no, score",
      "rows":"1000"}},
  "response":{"numFound":84663,"start":0,"maxScore":25.664566,"docs":[
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"OWL-2924-8",
        "score":25.664566},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"OWL-2924-8",
        "score":25.664566},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"OWL-2924-8/73847",
        "score":23.509575},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"OWL-2924-8/73847",
        "score":23.509575},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"OWL-2924-8/73847",
        "score":23.509575},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"U615-2924-8",
        "score":19.244316},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"M1057-2924-8/88543",
        "score":17.650301},

If I add ihe sorting needed for cursor, my results change
dramatically, and the exact matches are not at the top of the stack.

Example:



{
  "responseHeader":{
    "status":0,
    "QTime":80,
    "params":{
      "q":"( clt_ref_no:OWL-2924-8 ^2 OR contract_number:OWL-2924-8^2 )",
      "indent":"on",
      "fl":"clt_ref_no, score",
      "sort":"score asc, id asc",
      "rows":"1000"}},
  "response":{"numFound":84663,"start":0,"maxScore":25.664566,"docs":[
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"MMRO-1258-13/MMRO-1258-13/8",
        "score":1.3380225},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"MMMP-151-14/MMMP-151-14/8",
        "score":1.3380225},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"MMRO-806-14/MMRO-806-14/8",
        "score":1.3380225},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"MMMP-44-14/MMMP-44-14/8",
        "score":1.3380225},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"MMRO-45-13/MMRO-45-13/8",
        "score":1.3380225},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"MMIN-202-14/MMIN-202-14/8",
        "score":1.3380225},
      {
        "clt_ref_no":"MMTC-1457-14/MMTC-1457-14/8",
        "score":1.3380225},
      {

Should I not be sorting on score? I thought sorting on score was how I
would get the exact matches to return?

If I add in sort=score asc to the first query, it does what the second
query does, and not have expected matches floating to the top of the
results.

Thanks,

Rhys