It seems like a useful feature, especially for migrating from standalone to solrcloud, at least if the precedence of alias to collection is defined and enforced.
On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 5:01 PM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote: > On 1/19/2018 3:53 PM, Webster Homer wrote: > >> I created the alias with an existing collection name because our code base >> which was created with stand alone solr was a pain to change. I did test >> that the alias took precedence over the collection, when I did a search. >> > > The ability to create aliases and collections with the same name is viewed > as a bug by some, and probably will be removed in a future version. > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-11488 > > It doesn't really make sense to have an alias with the same name as a > collection, and the behavior is probably undefined. > > Thanks, > Shawn > -- This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and any of its subsidiaries do not accept liability for any omissions or errors in this message which may arise as a result of E-Mail-transmission or for damages resulting from any unauthorized changes of the content of this message and any attachment thereto. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and any of its subsidiaries do not guarantee that this message is free of viruses and does not accept liability for any damages caused by any virus transmitted therewith. Click http://www.emdgroup.com/disclaimer to access the German, French, Spanish and Portuguese versions of this disclaimer.
