I have a similar question here: Sphinx search ranking broken?, but thought I'd ask a simpler version of it to see if I got any hits.
Does anyone know how to affect the weights in Sphinx search results? Specifically for exact matches.
I know changing the ranking mode gives you different weight scales, but most of the hits I'm getting have the same weight, for example searching for "once" produces disparaging results like:
"once we were warriors" weight = 1637
"once" weight = 1637
"Once upon a time in the west" weight = 1637
Surely, at least the first one should have a different weight since it's an exact match.
Been fighting this for a couple of days, any help would be very welcome.