On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:43 PM, Andy <angelf...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> So if I want to configure Solr to turn every query q=foo into q={!boost 
> b=log(popularity)}foo, dismax wouldn't work but edismax would?

You can do it with dismax.... it's just that the syntax is slightly
more convoluted.
Check out the section on boosting newer documents:
http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_boost_the_score_of_newer_documents

> If that's the case, can you tell me how to set up/use edismax? I can't find 
> much documentation on it. Is it recommended for production use?

It's in trunk (not 1.4).

-Yonik
http://www.lucidimagination.com

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