Andrzej, thanks for the quick response. So does that mean that when I retrieve the document via the Indexsearcher, the boost has been applied even though I cant retrieve it? If so, what I am ascertaining is that if I SetBoost( ) on a document even if I can't retrieve the value of the boost, I can be assured the proper scoring is applied? thanks again, -thomas
Andrzej Bialecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: codejunky codejunky wrote: >When I setBoost( ) on a document to 1. It seems to be written to the index >with the new value and the field boost is set within the DocumentWriter.cs >class. But when I call GetBoost( ) it always returns the default boost value >of 1, no matter what value was set for the boost. However it does seem that >the new document boost that was is being written to the specific segment, but >I can't later retrieve that value. Is there a way to get the correct boost >value that was set by the previous caller. > > This is normal and expected. The boost value is stored inside a so called "field norm" value, which affects the scoring (according to the original boost), but the original boost is not preserved in the index, so when you later retrieve the document the boost is set to 1. -- Best regards, Andrzej Bialecki <>< ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __________________________________ [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.
