: Now there are some scenario when I want just the pf active (without : qf). Othen then surrounding my query with double quotes, is there : another way to do that? I mean, i would like to do the following : : _query:"{!dismax pf=author^100}vincent kwner"
...nope ... the pf is just a boosting factor to improve scores, there's no way to force a match in the pf fields. wrapping the input in quotes and using qf is the only way I know of to get what you are describing. -Hoss