Thanks Otis, yes it is the former and it definitely solves my problem for my static metadata.
I realise now though that for dynamic values like transaction id, I probably need a different method for storing this metadata though. Is there a standard way of adding metadata to a Solr core and being able to set/get this data at runtime? Thanks, David On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Otis Gospodnetic < otis_gospodne...@yahoo.com> wrote: > David, > > I'm not sure if you are asking about adding this to the schema.xml file or > to > the Solr schema and therefore the Solr index? > If the former, you could put it in comments, then get the schema via HTTP > (see > Admin UI for the URL), and "grep" for your line from there. > If the latter, this sounds like 2 fields. Not sure if every document would > have > them, of you just need 1 doc with this data... > > Otis > ---- > Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch > Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: David McLaughlin <mesave...@gmail.com> > > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > > Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 2:13:30 PM > > Subject: Adding metadata to a Solr schema > > > > Hi, > > > > I need to add some meta data to a schema file in Solr - such a version > and > > current transaction id. I need to be able to query Solr to get this > > information. What would be the best way to do this? > > > > Thanks, > > David > > >