Show your full request to solr (all params) > Hi, > I'm trying to use bf parameter in solr queries but I'm having some problems.
> The context is: I have some topics and a integer weight of popularity > (number of users that follow the topic). I'd like to boost the documents > according to this weight field, and it changes (users may start following or > unfollowing that topic). I through the best way to do that is adding a bf > parameter to the query. > First of all I was trying to include it in a query processed by a default > SearchHandler. I debugged the results and the scores didn't change. So I > tried to change the defType of the SearchHandler to dismax (I didn't add any > other field in solrconfig), and queries didn't work anymore. > What is the best way to achieve what I want? Do I really need to use a > dismax SearchHander (I read about it, and I don't want to search in multple > fields - I want to search in one field and boost in another one)? > Thanks in advance > Alex Grilo