Well I've just been using an authors name. Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Like *Snowman, Frosty T.*
As for the debugging I'm not really seeing anything that would help me understand why the query fields aren't kicking in. And instead only the default fields are. I do see that is parsing the name as a text field though "org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanClause:text:*+lastname,", "org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanClause:+text:firstname", "org.apache.lucene.search.BooleanClause:+text:middleinitial* But I already knew it was parsing it as text. I just don't understand why it's going to the default field when other fields have been specified -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/Solr-edismax-always-using-the-default-fields-tp4216204p4216211.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.