: We have a "D" field (string, indexed, stored, not required) that is returned : * when we search with the standard request handler : * when we search with dismax request handler _and the field is specified in : the sort parameter_ : : but is not returned when using the dismax handler and the field is not : specified in the sort param.
are you using one of the "sortMissing" options on D or it's fieldType? I'm guessing you have sortMissingLast="true" for D, so anytime you sort on it the docs that do have a value appear first. but when you don't sort on it, other factors probably lead docs that don't have a value for the D field to appear first -- solr doesn't include fields in docs that don't have any value for that field. if my guess is correct, adding "fq=D:[* TO *] to any of your queries will cause the total number of results to shrink, but the first page of results for your requests that don't sort on D will look exactly the same. the LUkeRequestHandler will help you see how many docs in your index don't have any values indexed in the "D" field. -Hoss
