Thank you. That was the clue I needed.
Cheers. - Scott On 1/4/2026 12:16 PM, Ciprian Dimofte - Opensolr.com wrote:
The issue is Windows quote handling. Use this instead: curl -X POST -H “Content-Type: application/json” –data-binary “{"delete":{"query":":"}}” http://localhost:8983/solr/core_name/update?commit=true Opensolr SRL Your Path to Ai Search https://opensolr.comOn 4 Jan 2026, at 14:11, Scott Vanderbilt <[email protected]> wrote: Hello. When attempting to delete all documents from a Solr index, it returns an error I've not seen before. Following the instructions on: https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/indexing-guide/reindexing.html#delete-all-documents, I execute the following curl command: curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-binary '{"delete":{"query":"*:*"}}' http://localhost:8983/solr/core_name/update which returns the following response: curl: (6) Could not resolve host: application { "responseHeader":{ "status":400, "QTime":13 }, "error":{ "metadata":["error-class","org.apache.solr.common.SolrException","root-error-class","org.apache.solr.common.SolrException"], "msg":"missing content stream", "code":400 } } Could someone kindly point out what I am doing wrong? Many thanks in advance. Environment: Solr 9.9.0 on Windows 11, with JDK 21
