thanks Eric, is this what you are pointing me to ?
http://.../solr/select?q=if(exist(title.3),(title.3:"xyz"),(title.0:"xyz")) I believe i should be able to use boost along with proximity too. -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Conditional-Field-Search-without-affecting-score-tp4040657p4041188.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.