hmmm, that seems a shame, esp. if a term matches in a non-most-hits-occur-here field, and then that field's boost doesn't get called in computing the score...
so, not a bug, then -- but i question the design of the class... i'd much rather see: conceptSearch:foo abstract:foo conceptSearch:blah abstract:blah because matches to conceptSearch should be weighted much higher than the other field... any further advice? best-- --cs -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Naber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 10/21/2007 7:20 PM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: MoreLikeThis across multiple fields question... On Sunday 21 October 2007 17:21, Chris Sizemore wrote: > i'm using MoreLikeThis. i'm trying to run the document comparison across > more than one field in my index, but i'm not at all sure that it's > actually happening -- when i examine the constructed query, only one > field is mentioned! here's my code: Actually looking at MoreLikeThis.createQueue() it's supposed to use only that field where most hits occur for that term, so you could end up with a query like: conceptSearch:foo abstract:blah Regards Daniel -- http://www.danielnaber.de http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.