On 10/24/07, Alf Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to use the bf parameter to boost a dismax query based on the value > of a certain (integer) field. The trouble is that for some of the documents > this field is empty (rather than zero), which means that there's an error > when using the bf parameter: > ----- > select?q=query+string&qf=body&qt=dismax&bf=intfield > ----- > > java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: ""
It looks like you are indexing a zero-length string for that field. Instead, completely leave the field out. In the future, we should probably have Solr remove (not index) empty non-string fields. -Yonik
