OK it looks like the query change is working but it looks like it boosting everything even documents that have that field empty....
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Donald Organ <dor...@donaldorgan.com>wrote: > OK i must be missing something: > > > defType=edismax&start=0&rows=24&facet=true&qf=nameSuggest^10 name^10 > codeTXT^2 description^1 brand_search^0 > cat_search^10&spellcheck=true&spellcheck.collate=true&spellcheck.q=chairs&facet.mincount=1&fl=code,score&q=chairs > AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (*:* -regularprice:*)^5)&sort=score desc > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Jack Krupansky > <j...@basetechnology.com>wrote: > >> "(*:* -regularprice:*)5" should be "(*:* -regularprice:*)^0.5" - the >> missing boost operator. >> >> -- Jack Krupansky >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 3:31 PM >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Boosting on field empty or not >> >> Still doesnt appear to be working. Here is the full Query string: >> >> >> defType=edismax&start=0&rows=**24&facet=true&qf=nameSuggest^**10 name^10 >> codeTXT^2 description^1 brand_search^0 >> cat_search^10&spellcheck=true&**spellcheck.collate=true&** >> spellcheck.q=chairs&facet.**mincount=1&fl=code,score&q=**chairs >> AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (*:* -regularprice:*)5) >> >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Jack Krupansky <j...@basetechnology.com> >> **wrote: >> >> Sorry, make that: >>> >>> &q=chairs AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (*:* -regularprice:*)^0.5) >>> >>> I forgot that pure negative queries are broken again, so you need the *:* >>> in there. >>> >>> I noticed that you second boost operator was missing as well. >>> >>> -- Jack Krupansky >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 3:24 PM >>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: Boosting on field empty or not >>> >>> OK i just tried: >>> >>> &q=chairs AND (regularprice:*^5 OR (-regularprice:*)5) >>> >>> >>> And that gives me 0 results >>> >>> >>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM, Jack Krupansky <j...@basetechnology.com >>> >* >>> *wrote: >>> >>> foo AND (field:*^2.0 OR (-field:*)^0.5) >>> >>>> >>>> So, if a doc has anything in the field, it gets boosted, and if the doc >>>> does not have anything in the field, de-boost it. Choose the boost >>>> factors >>>> to suit your desired boosting effect. >>>> >>>> -- Jack Krupansky >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:38 PM >>>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: Boosting on field empty or not >>>> >>>> OK maybe i need to describe this a little more. >>>> >>>> Basically I want documents that have a given field populated to have a >>>> higher score than the documents that dont. So if you search for foo I >>>> want >>>> documents that contain foo, but i want the documents that have field a >>>> populated to have a higher score... >>>> >>>> Is there a way to do this? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Jack Krupansky < >>>> j...@basetechnology.com >>>> >* >>>> *wrote: >>>> >>>> In a query or filter query you can write +field:* to require that a >>>> field >>>> >>>> be populated or +(-field:*) to require that it not be populated >>>>> >>>>> -- Jack Krupansky >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Donald Organ >>>>> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:10 PM >>>>> To: solr-user >>>>> Subject: Boosting on field empty or not >>>>> >>>>> Is there a way to boost a document based on whether the field is empty >>>>> or >>>>> not. I am looking to boost documents that have a specific field >>>>> populated. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
