Hmmm, I think that should be fq=field:[* TO *] since the problem is to
include docs with anything in that field.

You could also index a special "EMPTY_FIELD" string and do something
like fq=-field:[EMPTY_FIELD]..

Best
Erick

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Stefan Matheis
<matheis.ste...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> So, with other words you want to exlude those records? :)
> FilterQuery with a Range-Query could help: fq=-field:[* TO *]
>
> Regards
> Stefan
>
> Am 25.07.2011 17:53, schrieb Brian Lamb:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have an optional field called "common_names". I would like to keep this
>> field optional but at the same, occasionally do a search where I do not
>> include results where there is no value set for this field. Is this
>> possible
>> to do within solr?
>>
>> In other words, I would like to do a search where if there is no value set
>> for common_names, I would not want that record included in the search
>> result.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brian Lamb
>>
>

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