: Is it possible to use boost function across the whole index/empty search : term?
function queries by definition match all docs -- so just query for the function your want and you'll get all documents scored according to hte function. based on your wordking, it sounds like you are using dismax, and want this function as your "alt" query... /select&defType=dismax&qf=...&...&q.alt={!func}yourFunc(...) -Hoss