Note that you can use both the standard and dismax style as when you need more control vs. searching all fields.
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Ian Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So it might be a neat solution. If I am reading this right: > > 1. would make the index larger > 2. means you are searching all fields (or a weighted list) but cannot > also search specific fields at the same time > 3. would make your query string longer but give you the most control > without bloating your index size > > do you think I have the idea or am I missing something? > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Shalin Shekhar Mangar > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Ian, >> >> No, the * syntax you mentioned is not supported. However, there are a >> couple of ways of achieving this. >> >> 1. Create a copyField which has all the content and search on that -- >> as you mentioned >> 2. You can use dismax and add all the fields as the search field >> parameter either in the request of the defaults section in >> solrconfig.xml >> 3. You can explictly search for all fields by field:value syntax >> >> To get all terms, you can use the facet.field for all fields and get >> all the terms. However, I'm not able to understand the use-case for >> this. >> >> On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Ian Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Is it possible to have all fields being searched by default? >>> <defaultSearchField>*</defaultSearchField> or something like that. >>> >>> An alternative, is if there is some lucene query that will give me all >>> fields "*:term". >>> >>> My final, more redundant alternative is to create a field called >>> "all_fields" and put everything in there at the end to be the >>> defaultSearchField. >>> >>> Thanks for any advice, >>> Ian Connor >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Shalin Shekhar Mangar. >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Ian Connor > 82 Fellsway W #2 > Somerville, MA 02145 > Direct Line: +1 (978) 6333372 > Call Center Phone: +1 (714) 239 3875 (24 hrs) > Mobile Phone: +1 (312) 218 3209 > Fax: +1(770) 818 5697 > Suisse Phone: +41 (0) 22 548 1664 > Skype: ian.connor > -- Regards, Shalin Shekhar Mangar.
