Yeah, a bug report would be good. But really this is a Sunspot bug report.
Field names should NOT have :'s in them. Field names should stick to standard
Java identifier rules, otherwise it's escaping madness.
You could try something like this as a workaround:
bq=_val_:"dynamicfield\:value1"
I don't know if that'll do better than the bf issue you've hit, but it's
another way of doing the same sort of thing.
Erik
On May 21, 2012, at 08:01 , m...@nils-kaiser.de wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I'm running solr (3.5.0.2011.11.30.16.37.06) and have encountered what I
> think is a bug with the boost function (bf) parameter.
>
> I've used sunspot (for use of solr with rails) which allows managing dynamic
> fields, which by default creates fields like
> "dynamicfield:value1","dynamicfield:value2", though using the : character in
> the field name, which needs to be escaped.
>
> If I use a query which includes "q=dynamicfield\:value1:6", everything works
> fines and matches are found.
>
> However, if I use the bf field with bf=dynamicfield\:value1, I get an error
> message "undefined field dynamicfield", the same without escaping the :
>
> Should I file a bug report?
>
> Best,
>
> Nils
> <solr_debug_normalquery.xml>
