update: as an experiment - i changed the query to a wildcard (9030*) instead of an explicit value (9030)
example: QUERY="http://$SERVER.intra.searshc.com:${PORT}/solrpartscat/core1/select?qt=itemNoProductTypeBrandSearch&q=9030*&rows=2000&debugQuery=on&fl=*,score" this resulted in a results list that appears much more rational from a sort order perspective - however - the wildcard query is not acceptable from a performance stand point. any input or illumination would be appreciated ;) thank you itemNo, score, rankNo, partCnt [9030 ],1.0,10353,1 [90302 ],1.0,6849,1 [9030P ],1.0,444,1 [903093 ],1.0,51,1 [9030430 ],1.0,47,1 [9030 ],1.0,37,1 [903057-9010 ],1.0,26,1 [903061-9010 ],1.0,20,1 [903046-9010 ],1.0,18,1 [903056-9010 ],1.0,14,1 [903095 ],1.0,14,1 [90303-MR1-000 ],1.0,14,1 [903097-9050 ],1.0,12,1 [903046-9011 ],1.0,12,1 [903097-9010 ],1.0,11,1 [903097-9040 ],1.0,11,1 [903063-9100 ],1.0,6,1 [903066-9011 ],1.0,6,1 [903098 ],1.0,3,1 -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/need-help-understanding-an-issue-with-scoring-tp4002897p4002919.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.