Hi Hakim, You don’t have to restart the Solr app to make use of fields added through the Schema REST API.
This feature was first available in Solr v4.4 and remains available in Solr v4.6. Steve On Jan 29, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Hakim Benoudjit <h.benoud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Steve for the link. > It seems very easy to create `new fields` in the `schema` using the `POST > request`. But doest mean that I dont have to restart the `solr app`? Is so, > is this feature available in latest solr version (`v4.6`)? > > > 2014-01-29 Alexandre Rafalovitch <arafa...@gmail.com> > >> There is an example in the distribution that shows how new fields are >> auto-defined. I think it is example-schemaless. The secret is in the >> UpdateRequestProcessor chain that does cleanup and auto-mapping. Plus >> - I guess - automatically generated schema. >> >> Just remember that once the field is added the first time, it now >> exists. So careful not to send a date-looking thing into what should >> be a text field. >> >> Regards, >> Alex. >> Personal website: http://www.outerthoughts.com/ >> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrerafalovitch >> - Time is the quality of nature that keeps events from happening all >> at once. Lately, it doesn't seem to be working. (Anonymous - via GTD >> book) >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Steve Rowe <sar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Hakim, >>> >>> Check out the section of the Solr Reference Guide on modifying the >> schema via REST API: >>> >>> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Schema+API#SchemaAPI-Modifytheschema >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> On Jan 28, 2014, at 5:00 PM, Hakim Benoudjit <h.benoud...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys >>>> >>>> With the new version of solr (4.6), can I add a field to the index, >> knowing >>>> that this field doesnt appear(isnt predefined) in the schema? >>>> >>>> I ask this question because I ve seen an issue (on jira) related to >> this. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>> >>
