: But how do we avoid this error? : Is there anyway to tweak the query and return empty result instead of null : pointer exception?
did you look at the issue i linked to? : >> probably this bug: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-6540 >> A workarround in some contexts can be to wrap the strdist function in >> an "if" that checks exists(fieldname) and returns some suitable default >> if it's not found. >> >> THIS: if(exists(field_name_s),strdist("literal",field_name_s,edit),0) >> INSTEAD OF: strdist("literal",field_name_s,edit) -Hoss http://www.lucidworks.com/
