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> Subject: RE: Unexpected Results - using should and must in boolean query
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>
> : If you have some MUST terms, but you also want to have at least one of a
> : list of other terms (like 5 SHOULD clauses), the trick is to separate
both:
> : Create a BooleanQuery wi
: If you have some MUST terms, but you also want to have at least one of a
: list of other terms (like 5 SHOULD clauses), the trick is to separate both:
: Create a BooleanQuery with 2 MUST clauses, one is your required TermQuery
: and the second clause is itself a BooleanQuery with all the SHOULD
Hi,
Thanks for both of you for the answer.
I will try the solution of Uwe, it looks like your suggestion will solve my
problem.
Many thanks,
Liat
On 12 September 2010 16:51, Uwe Schindler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I always recommend my customers to not mix should and must in the same
> BooleanQuery
Hi,
I always recommend my customers to not mix should and must in the same
BooleanQuery if strict boolean matching is needed. It will match all docs,
containing the MUST clause and "boost" all SHOULD terms.
If you have some MUST terms, but you also want to have at least one of a
list of other ter
This is expected. The clause you add with MUST does just
that, any documents returned MUST have that term. The SHOULD
part of the query just says will simply bump the scores of
documents with that clause.
As to scores being different on the queries (and I'm having a hard time
understanding your po
