Ahh, thanks. I searched the JIRA, but obviously with the wrong keywords... That discussion goes right to the heart of the matter.....
Erick On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Chris Hostetter <[email protected]>wrote: > > : name="lastsignindate"></field> which caused a SOLR exception. Is it > intended > : that SOLR treats an empty field differently from it simply not being sent > at > : all? Or is this just a consequence of how it's coded? > > i don't know that it was specificly intended, but it does have it's > advantages. > > The issue of having an optional way to "ignore" empty values has come up > in the past... > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-1772 > > ...my comments in that issue address a few reasons why i think it would > make more sense to have it be a new optional UpdateProcessor instead of a > property of the FieldTypes. > > > -Hoss > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
