It just occurred to me that maybe we can put this functionality in the Field Mapping transformation connector, controlled by a checkbox. That would make everyone happy I think.
Karl On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Alessandro Benedetti < [email protected]> wrote: > I will copy here my consideration : > > "So you have 2 scenarios for a field : you have content or you don't. > > Introducing empty field you can have strange behaviours solr sides because > from the human point of view there is no difference between an empty or a > null field, but for solr yes, and the proper way to model a field that > doesn't have content is to not add the field at all to the document. > > Introducing empty field can lead to inconsistent behaviour mainly sorting > side, or when you want to retrieve documents that have value for that field > ( in this case indexing empty fields you are introducing false positive for > that search)" > > Curious to see others opinions and discuss ! > > > Cheers > > 2014-10-07 17:28 GMT+01:00 Karl Wright <[email protected]>: > >> Hi folks, >> >> We're considering, for MCF 2.0, having the Solr connector not index empty >> fields -- just skip them entirely. This is not backwards-compatible >> behavior, for a number of reasons: >> >> (1) If the field whose value is blank is marked as "required" in >> solrschema.xml, Solr will reject the document, where before it would have >> allowed it to be indexed; >> (2) Queries which make a distinction between no field and an empty field >> will no longer work the same way. >> >> Can I request a show of hands (figuratively) of how many people this >> change might affect? >> >> Thanks! >> Karl >> >> >> > > > -- > -------------------------- > > Benedetti Alessandro > Visiting card : http://about.me/alessandro_benedetti > > "Tyger, tyger burning bright > In the forests of the night, > What immortal hand or eye > Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" > > William Blake - Songs of Experience -1794 England >
