Ah! That got me going, thanks so much! I've also created a all_Text field in my schema where I can dump a bunch of other fields so they're search-able. Again, I appreciate all the above replies.
P On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Shalin Shekhar Mangar <shalinman...@gmail.com> wrote: > You were searching for "1899" which is the value of the "date" field in the > document you added. You need to specify q=date:1899 to search on the date > field. > > You can also use the "<defaultSearchField>" element in schema.xml to specify > the field on which you'd like to search if no field name is specified in the > query. Typically, one creates a catch-all field which copies data from all > the fields you want to search on. > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SchemaXml#head-b80c539a0a01eef8034c3776e49e8fe1c064f496 > > Also look at the DisMax queries: > > http://wiki.apache.org/solr/DisMaxRequestHandler > > On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 8:35 PM, phil cryer <p...@cryer.us> wrote: >> >> Otis >> Thanks for your reply, I wrote out a long email explaining the steps I >> took, and the results, but it was returned by the Solr-user email >> server stamped as spam. I've put my note on pastebin, you can see it >> here: http://pastebin.cryer.us/pastebin.php?show=m359e2e47 >> >> I'd appreciate any feedback, I know I'm close to getting this working, >> just can't see what I'm missing. >> >> Thank you >> >> P >> >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Otis Gospodnetic >> <otis_gospodne...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> > Phil, >> > >> > The easiest thing to do at this stage in Solr learning experience is to >> > restart Solr (servlet container) and redo the search. Results shouls start >> > showing up then because this will effectively reopen the index. >> > >> > >> > Otis >> > -- >> > Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch >> > >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ---- >> >> From: phil cryer <p...@cryer.us> >> >> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >> >> Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 5:00:29 PM >> >> Subject: Beginner: importing own data >> >> >> >> So I have Solr running, I've run through the tutorials online, can >> >> import data from the example xml and see the results, so it works! >> >> Now, I take some xml data I have, convert it over to the add / doc >> >> type that the demo ones are, run it and find out which fields aren't >> >> defined in schema.xml, I add them there until they're all there and I >> >> can finally import my own xml into solr w/o error. But, when I go to >> >> query solr, it's not there. Again, I'm using the same procedure that >> >> I used on the example xml files, and they did the 'commit' at the end, >> >> so I'm doing something wrong. >> >> >> >> Is that all I need to do, define my fields in schema.xml and then >> >> import via post.jar? It seems to work, but no results are ever found >> >> by solr. I'm open to trying any debugging or whatever, I need to >> >> figure this out before I can start learning solr. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> P >> > >> > > > > > -- > Regards, > Shalin Shekhar Mangar. >