You want the boost function bf= parameter.
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Andy <angelf...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Lance,
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> Can I use an ExternalFileField as an input to a boost query?
>
> For example, if I put the field "popularity" in an ExternalFileField, can I
> still use "popularity" in a boosted query such as:
>
> {!boost b=log(popularity)}foo
>
> The doc says ExternalFileField can only be used in FunctionQuery. Does that
> include a boost query like {!boost b=log(popularity)}?
>
>
> --- On Sat, 8/28/10, Lance Norskog <goks...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> From: Lance Norskog <goks...@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: ExternalFileField best practices
>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
>> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 5:16 PM
>> The file is completely reloaded when
>> you commit or optimize. There is
>> no incremental update available. And, yes, this could be a
>> scaling
>> problem.
>>
>> How you update it is completely external to Solr.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:50 AM, Andy <angelf...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I'm interested in using ExternalFileField to store a
>> field "popularity" that is being updated frequently.
>> >
>> > However ExternalFileField seems to be a pretty obscure
>> feature. Have a few questions:
>> >
>> > 1) Can anyone share your experience using it?
>> >
>> > 2) What is the most efficient way to update the
>> external file?
>> > For example, the file could look like:
>> >
>> > 1=12 // the document with uniqueKey 1 has a
>> popularity of 12//
>> > 2=4
>> > 3=45
>> > 5=78
>> >
>> > Now the popularity of document 1 is updated to 13:
>> >
>> > - What is the best way to update the file to reflect
>> the change? Isn't this an O(n) operation?
>> > - How to deal with concurrent updates to the file by
>> multiple threads?
>> >
>> > Would this method of using an external file scale?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> --
>> Lance Norskog
>> goks...@gmail.com
>>
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