Use of ExternalFileField

2010-10-12 Thread Roland Villemoes
Hi I have an databasefield that changes a lot which I want to use for ranking my results. Is the ExternalFileField the way to go and is it supported in the latest stable release of SOLR? (Do I have to go for trunk, or should I stick with 1.4 - the lucidWorks certified distribution?) My idea

Re: Use of ExternalFileField

2010-10-12 Thread Lance Norskog
EFF was written in 2007. It's quite solid. It can be used for sorting and boosts. I don't know if function queries can use it. The value will not be returned in queries. On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 5:14 AM, Roland Villemoes r...@alpha-solutions.dk wrote: Hi I have an databasefield that changes a

Can I use an ExternalFileField as an input to a boost query?

2010-08-27 Thread Andy
I have a field popularity that is changing frequently. So I'd like to put it in an ExternalFileField. If I do that, can I still use popularity in a boosted query such as: {!boost b=log(popularity)}foo Thanks.