Chris Hostetter-3 wrote > : * > <fieldType name="ext_file_field" keyField="id" defVal="0.0" > : class="solr.ExternalFileField" valType="float"/> > * > : > : * > <field name="fieldA" type="ext_file_field" /> > * > ... > : I was expecting that for field "fieldA" indexed will be marked as false > and > : it will not be part of the index. But Solr admin "SCHEMA page" (we get > this > : option after selecting collection name in the drop-down menu) is > showing > : it as an indexed field (green tick mark under Indexed flag). > > Because, per the docs, the IndexSchema uses a default assumption of "true" > for the "indexed" property (if not specified at a field/fieldtype level) > ... > > https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/8_4/field-type-definitions-and-properties.html#field-default-properties > > Property: indexed > Descrption: If true, the value of the field can be used in queries to > retrieve matching documents. > Values: true or false > Implicit Default: true > > ...ExternalFileField is "special" and as noted in it's docs it is not > searchable -- it doesn't actaully care what the indexed (or "stored") > properties are ... but the default values of those properties as assigend > by the schema defaults are still there in the metadata of the field -- > which is what the schema API/browser are showing you. > > > Imagine you had a a > <field/> > that was a TextField -- implicitly > indexed="true" -- but it was impossible for you to ever put any values > in that field (say for hte sake of argument you used an analyzier that > threw away all terms). The schema browser would say: "It's (implicitly) > marked indexed=true, therefore it's searchable" even though searching on > that > field would never return anything ... equivilent situation with > ExternalFileField. > > (ExternalFileField could be modified to override the implicit default for > these properties, but that's not something anyone has ever really worried > about because it wouldn't functionally change any of it's behavior) > > > -Hoss > http://www.lucidworks.com/
Thanks Chris. -- Sent from: https://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Solr-User-f472068.html
