Hello, Adam.
It's hard to witness about 3.4, but that assert works on master
diff --git
a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/ExternalFileFieldSortTest.java
b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/ExternalFileFieldSortTest.java
index 632b413..4106e15 100644
---
a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/ExternalFileFieldSortTest.java
+++
b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/ExternalFileFieldSortTest.java
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@
addDocuments();
assertQ("query",
- req("q", "*:*", "sort", "eff asc"),
+ req("q", "*:*", "sort", "eff asc", "fl", "id,field(eff)"),
"//result/doc[position()=1]/str[.='3']",
+ "//result/doc[position()=1]/float[@name='field(eff)' and
.='0.001']",
"//result/doc[position()=2]/str[.='1']",
"//result/doc[position()=10]/str[.='8']");
}
On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 8:28 PM Adam Taylor <a...@adzuna.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We're running Solr 3.4 (I know, I know - we have another project to upgrade
> this) and we have a fieldtype defined with an externalFileField as:
>
> <fieldtype name="filectr" keyField="id" defVal="1" stored="true"
> indexed="false" class="solr.ExternalFileField" valType="float"/>
>
> (Actually, I have tried this with both `stored="true"` and
> `stored="false"`).
>
> The field using this fieldtype is defined as:
>
> <field name="ctr" type="filectr" indexed="false" stored="true"
> required="false"/>
>
> We're successfully using this in our boost function to alter the rankings
> based on click through rates (ctr).
>
> Now we'd like to return this value so we can tag popular documents from our
> index.
>
> I have tried various combinations from examples I've found in
> Stackoverflow, the mailing list archives and so on.
>
> For example:
>
> fl=ctr
> fl=field(ctr)
> fl=ctr:field(ctr)
>
> None of these have returned a ctr field with the document. As part of the
> queries I've been testing, I have ensured to filter on documents that
> definitely have a value in our external file. I have also tried re-indexing
> the documents as this was mentioned in a few places but it makes no
> difference (which kind of makes sense to me as the whole point is that this
> is an external field).
>
> Now, I found an old copy of the manual for 3.4 where it states about
> externalFileFields that:
>
> > External fields are not searchable. They can be used only for function
> queries
>
> Whereas, in the newer versions of the docs it states "they can be used for
> function queries and display".
>
> Does this mean it's simply not possible in Solr 3.4 or am I just doing
> something wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Adam
>
--
Sincerely yours
Mikhail Khludnev
