The current readme file on solr-ruby's repository is outdated. If you follow the example provided Solr will throw an exception (SEVERE: org.apache.solr.core.SolrException: ERROR:unknown field 'title_text') because its trying to insert an unknown field type:
# add a document to the index conn.add(:id => 123, :title_text => 'Lucene in Action') which should be (as described on the wiki) # add a document to the index conn.add(:id => 123, :title_t => 'Lucene in Action') -- Thiago Jackiw acts_as_solr => http://acts-as-solr.railsfreaks.com
