Put simply, strings do not go through filters, and will need exact matching. A string field can typically be an ID field. Texts go through filters so that "bar" could match "Foo Bars", for example.
Types are well documented in the example schema.xml shipped with solr. You would also find more info in the wiki. On 29. juli 2010, at 22:53, Khai Doan <khaitd...@gmail.com> wrote: > What are the differences between "string" and "text"? > > What other types (that are available by default) can I use? > > Thanks, > Khai > > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Mats Bolstad <mat...@stud.ntnu.no> wrote: > >> Type string is not tokenized, meaning that it would match only the >> exact phrase "Khai Bright T". Use text (or another) type that >> tokenizes (on whitespace in this case) instead. >> >> Mats Bolstad >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Khai Doan <khaitd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Yonik, >>> >>> Here is the field definition in schema.xml: >>> >>> <field name="membername" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true"/> >>> >>> and it is populated with "Khai Bright T" >>> >>> I am using solr 1.4.1 >>> >>> Khai >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Yonik Seeley >>> <yo...@lucidimagination.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Is membername an indexed field in the schema, and was it populated >>>> with something that would match "Khai"? >>>> If so, what is the fieldType in the schema for the membername field? >>>> >>>> -Yonik >>>> http://www.lucidimagination.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Khai Doan <khaitd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> My name is Khai. I am new to Solr, and I am having a strange issue. >> I >>>> use >>>>> the admin interface and search for "Khai" and it work fine. However >> if I >>>>> type >>>>> >>>>> membername:Khai >>>>> >>>>> it does not work. >>>>> >>>>> Please provide me with hints on what the issue may be. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Khai >>>>> >>>> >>> >>
