reading solr index

[Fadzi Ushewokunze]

hi there,

I need to open a solr 1.4 index from the file system using
SolrIndexReader.open(); 

this seems to do the job ok and i can read my documents. the problem
arises when i try to get a date field which was indexed as text; here is
what toString gives me;

stored/uncompressed,binary,omitNorms<fieldName:[...@35b25794>

the field is binary; how can i get the string value of this field?

doc.getField(fieldName) gives me null.

thanks in advance for any pointers;