: Seem to have a solution but I am still trying to figure out how/why it works.
:
: Addition of "defType=edismax" in the boost query seem to honor "MM" and
: correct boosting based on external file source.
You didn't bost enough details in your original question to be 100%
certain (would have needed to see the *full* solr url, including path, and
your requestHandler declaration from solrconfig.xml to be sure) but i
suspect the problem you were having is that you weren't actually using
dismax (or edismax) at all until you added the explicit defType you
mentioned...
: The new query syntax
: q={!boost b=dishRating v=$qq defType=edismax}&qq=hot chicken wings
compare the "parsedquery_toString" in the debug output of your previous
message with the debug output you get now and i think you'll see a clear
indication of when a DisjunctionMaxQuery is used (and what the "mm" is set
to)
-Hoss
