Yes indeed, the update chain had been activated... I commented it out again and the problem vanished.
Good job, thanks Erick and Upayavira! John On 08/10/15 08:58, Upayavira wrote: > Look for the DedupUpdateProcessor in an update chain. > > that is there, but commented out IIRC in the techproducts sample > configs. > > Perhaps you uncommented it to use your own update processors, but didn't > remove that component? > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015, at 07:38 AM, John Smith wrote: >> Oh, I forgot Erick's mention of the logs: there's nothing unusual in >> INFO level, the update request just gets mentioned. No exception. I >> reran it with the DEBUG level, but most of the log was related to jetty. >> Here's a line I noticed though: >> >> org.apache.solr.servlet.HttpSolrCall; Closing out SolrRequest: >> {wt=json&commit=true&update.chain=dedupe} >> >> The update.chain parameter wasn't part of the original request, and >> "dedupe" looks suspicious to me. Perhaps should I investigate further >> there? >> >> Thanks, >> John. >> >> >> On 08/10/15 08:25, John Smith wrote: >>> The ids are all different: they're unique numbers followed by a couple >>> of keywords. I've made a test with a small collection of 10 documents to >>> make sure I can manage them manually: all ids are confirmed as different. >>> >>> I also dumped the exact command, here's one example: >>> >>> <add><doc><field name="Id">101084385_Sebago_ sebago shoes</field><field >>> name="Clicks" update="set">1</field><field name="Boost" >>> update="set">1.8701925463775</field></doc></add> >>> >>> It's sent as the body of a POST request to >>> http://127.0.0.1:8080/solr/ato_test/update?wt=json&commit=true, with a >>> Content-Type: text/xml header. I still noted the consistent loss of >>> another document with the update above. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> On 08/10/15 00:38, Upayavira wrote: >>>> What ID are you using? Are you possibly using the same ID field for >>>> both, so the second document you visit causes the first to be >>>> overwritten? >>>> >>>> Upayavira >>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015, at 06:38 PM, Erick Erickson wrote: >>>>> This certainly should not be happening. I'd >>>>> take a careful look at what you actually send. >>>>> My _guess_ is that you're not sending the update >>>>> command you think you are.... >>>>> >>>>> As a test you could just curl (or use post.jar) to >>>>> send these types of commands up individually. >>>>> >>>>> Perhaps looking at the solr log would help too... >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Erick >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 6:32 AM, John Smith <solr-u...@remailme.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm bumping on the following problem with update XML messages. The idea >>>>>> is to record the number of clicks for a document: each time, a message >>>>>> is sent to .../update such as this one: >>>>>> >>>>>> <add> >>>>>> <doc> >>>>>> <field name="Id">abc</field> >>>>>> <field name="Clicks" update="set">1</field> >>>>>> <field name="Boost" update="set">1.05</field> >>>>>> </doc> >>>>>> </add> >>>>>> >>>>>> (Clicks is an int field; Boost is a float field, it's updated to reflect >>>>>> the change in popularity using a formula based on the number of clicks). >>>>>> >>>>>> At the moment in the dev environment, changes are committed immediately. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> When a document is updated, the changes are indeed reflected in the >>>>>> search results. If I click on the same document again, all goes well. >>>>>> But when I click on an other document, the latter gets updated as >>>>>> expected but the former is plainly deleted. It can no longer be found >>>>>> and the admin core Overview page counts 1 document less. If I click on a >>>>>> 3rd document, so goes the 2nd one. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The schema is the default one amended to remove unneeded fields and add >>>>>> new ones, nothing fancy. All fields are stored="true" and there's no >>>>>> <copyField>. I've tried versions 5.2.1 & 5.3.1 in standalone mode, with >>>>>> the same outcome. It looks like a bug to me but I might have overlooked >>>>>> something? This is my first attempt at atomic updates. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> John. >>>>>>