usually the span and proximities are off-by-one issues. Specifically the
order of the tokens will change the distance calculation. I do not have an
example off the top of my head. But, when I was doing this, I usually
started with a larger span and brought it down through looking at results.
This is the case for the old 5~"phrase words" syntax.
As an aside, "Not working" is taken by me to mean you are not getting
results but the query passes parse. Not working could mean a lot more in
this context. So I am suggesting, instead of 2, try 10.
On Thu, Sep 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM mtn search <search...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Looking for guidance on approaches to implement a proximity search between
> phrases.
>
> Initially tried:
>
> "q":"{!lucene}spanNear(spanNear(spanNear(spanTerm(body:off),spanTerm(body:the),0,true),
> spanTerm(body: record),0,true), spanNear(spanTerm(body:new),spanTerm(body:
> information),0,true) , 2N,false)",
> "defType":"lucene",
> "df":"body",
>
> However then simplified to just two terms:
> "q":"{!lucene}spanNear(spanTerm(body:off),spanTerm(body:call),2,true)",
> "defType":"lucene",
> "df":"body",
>
> Both are not working. Any tips? Currently on Solr 9.4, but will likely
> need to run for some time on a Solr 6 instance.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
