Two things:
1> There's really no need to define two request handlers here. The <defaults> section is exactly that, defaults which can be overridden by the URL. So rather than have select_group_b, use something like ... solr/collection/select_group_a?q=whatever&qf=F2,F3,F5 2> When you add a field qualifier to an edismax query, it overrides all the qf definitions. Consider using an fq (filter query) clause by adding &fq=type:(PDF OR DOC OR TXT) Best, Erick On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Steven White <swhite4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like I got it working (however I still have an outstanding issue, see > end of my email). > > Here is what I have done: > > 1) In my solrconfig.xml, I created: > > <requestHandler name="/select_group_a" class="solr.SearchHandler"> > <lst name="defaults"> > <str name="echoParams">explicit</str> > <int name="rows">20</int> > <str name="defType">edismax</str> > <str name="qf">F1 F2 F3</str> > <str name="fl">type,id,score</str> > <str name="wt">xml</str> > <str name="indent">true</str> > </lst> > </requestHandler> > > And > > <requestHandler name="/select_group_b" class="solr.SearchHandler"> > <lst name="defaults"> > <str name="echoParams">explicit</str> > <int name="rows">20</int> > <str name="defType">edismax</str> > <str name="qf">F2 F3 F5</str> > <str name="fl">type,id,score</str> > <str name="wt">xml</str> > <str name="indent">true</str> > </lst> > </requestHandler> > > 2) My search URL is now: > http://localhost:8983/solr/db/select_group_a?q.op=OR&q=<search string> and > http://localhost:8983/solr/db/select_group_b?q.op=OR&q=<search string> > > This all works, BUT when I use "q=type:(PDF OR DOC OR TXT)" so that I can > further narrow down search to within, for example, file-extensions, this > doesn't seem to work. Is this because using "qf" with edismax ends doesn't > parse the string the same way as the default defType? > > Steve > > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Steven White <swhite4...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the quick reply Shawn. I will dig into dismax and edismax and >> come back with questions if I cannot figure it out. I avoided them >> thinking they are for faceting use only, my need is generic search (all the >> features I get via solr.SearchHandler) but limited to a set of fields. >> >> Steve >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote: >> >>> On 5/13/2015 3:36 PM, Steven White wrote: >>> > <requestHandler name="/select_group_a" class="solr.SearchHandler"> >>> > <lst name="defaults"> >>> > <str name="echoParams">explicit</str> >>> > <int name="rows">20</int> >>> > <str name="df">F2,F3,F5</str> >>> > <str name="fl">id,score</str> >>> > </lst> >>> > </requestHandler> >>> > >>> > However, this isn't working because whatever is in "df" is being >>> treated as >>> > single field name. >>> >>> The df parameter is shorthand for "default field." It is, by >>> definition, a single field -- it is the field searched by default when >>> you don't specify a field directly in a query handled by the default >>> (lucene) query parser. The default parser doesn't search multiple >>> fields for your search terms. >>> >>> What you're going to want to do here is use a different query parser -- >>> dismax or edismax -- and put your field list in the qf field, separated >>> by spaces rather than commas. The qf parameter means "query fields" and >>> is specific to the dismax/edismax parsers. Depending on your exact >>> needs, you may also want to define the pf parameter as well (phrase >>> fields). >>> >>> There is a LOT of detail on these parsers, so I'll give you the >>> documentation links rather than try and explain everything: >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/The+DisMax+Query+Parser >>> >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/The+Extended+DisMax+Query+Parser >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Shawn >>> >>> >>
