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 >> >