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**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/113933>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [September 6, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/113933 "2007-09-06T10:37:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![golak\_Sarangi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@golak\_Sarangi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/golak_Sarangi)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 10:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/113933/1 "2007-09-06T10:37:17Z")

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On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 04:59:36PM +0530, golak Sarangi wrote:

> calculation that ferret does to give me the output score. Although  
> the output that i get is relevant enough but its like a black hole  
> from outside. I tried to search for it from the C extension of ferret  
> but lost track  
> of it at the msea\_search function. Could you please through some  
> light on the calculation of score when am using boost for document as  
> well as individual fields separately.

have a look at Ferret’s explain function, this will show you how the  
score of a result is calculated.

Jens

Hi jens  
I tried the explain function but it generates a segmentation fault and  
the  
whole application crashes.  
I am facing one more problem. I am creating index on my data base. while  
creating index i am adding boost on the document. but it show  
segmentation  
fault on Free BSD while the index gets gerated in a Ms-windows for the  
same  
code. Am i doing something wrong.  
I am using ferret 0.10.9 on both machine. I am using ruby 1.8.4 for  
windows  
while 1.8.5 for linux. is that causing problem. I cant change the ruby  
version on linux machine as thatis the server.

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**Author:** ![golak\_Sarangi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@golak\_Sarangi](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/golak_Sarangi)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-subject/113933/2 "2007-09-06T11:21:22Z")

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Hi,

please switch to Ferret 0.11.4 first.

Jens

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 02:03:23PM +0530, golak Sarangi wrote:

> score of a result is calculated.  
> code. Am i doing something wrong.  
> I am using ferret 0.10.9 on both machine. I am using ruby 1.8.4 for windows  
> while 1.8.5 for linux. is that causing problem. I cant change the ruby  
> version on linux machine as thatis the server.

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