The uf parameter applies to the user query string, the q parameter - the q parameter may only references fields from uf in the q string. The qf parameter specifies fields to be queried behind the scenes and is not seen by the user. The term user refers to the person who is specifying the text that goes into the q parameter, not the client app that is forming the overall Solr query request.
-- Jack Krupansky On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Steven White <swhite4...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm trying to utilize "uf" but it doesn't work. My reading of it per: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/The+Extended+DisMax+Query+Parser > is I can use it to limit into which fields a search is performed. E.g.: If > my index has F1, F2, F3, F4, and I set "uf" to F3, than I should get hits > on F3 only. > > Here is my request handler: > > <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 F4</str> > <str name="uf">F3</str> > <str name="fl">type,id,score</str> > <str name="wt">xml</str> > <str name="indent">true</str> > </lst> > </requestHandler> > > I also tried passing "uf" on the URL and it too didn't work. I'm getting > hits on terms that are in other fields. > > Is my usage of "uf" wrong? > > Thanks > > Steve >
