I don’t think there’s really a canned way to do what you’re asking. A custom DocTransformer would probably do the trick though.
You could also create a custom QueryComponent that examined the docs being returned and inserted a blank field for a selected number of fields (possibly configurable in solrconfig.xml). Oh, and returning 100K docs is an anti-pattern, if you really need that many docs consider cursorMark and/or Streaming. Best, Erick > On Jul 29, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Teresa McMains <ter...@t14-consulting.com> wrote: > > Thanks so much. Is there any other way to return the data value if it > exists, otherwise an empty string? I'm integrating this with a 3rd party app > which I can't change. When the field is null it isn't showing up in the > output. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 12:49 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: solr query returns items with spaces removed > > The “def” function goes after the _indexed_ value, so that’s what you’re > getting back. Try just specifying “fl=INSTRUCTIONS”, and if the value is > stored that should return the original field value before any analysis is > done. > > Why are you using the def function? If the field is absent from the doc, > nothing will be returned for that field, not even the name. Are you trying to > insure that a blank field is returned if the field isn’t in the document? You > can handle that on the client side if so… > > Best, > Erick > >> On Jul 29, 2020, at 10:34 AM, Teresa McMains <ter...@t14-consulting.com> >> wrote: >> >> _20_Instructions_And_Notes:def(INSTRUCTIONS,%22%22) >
