Use this to clear the solr server. http://localhost:8983/solr/update?stream.body= <delete><query>*:*</query></delete>&commit=true
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Roland Tollenaar <rwatollen...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to clear the solr server and start loading documents afresh. > > According to the information I found on internet I would have to do > somethign like this: > > http://localhost:8983/solr/**update?commit=true&-H&Content-** > Type:&text/xml&--data-binary&<http://localhost:8983/solr/update?commit=true&-H&Content-Type:&text/xml&--data-binary&> > '**<delete><query>*:*</query></**delete>' > > which in my case returns: > > <?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?> > > <response> > > <lst name=responseHeader><int name=status>0</int><int > name=QTime>0</int></lst> > > </response> > > > I have tried following this command up with: > > > http://localhost:8983/solr/**update?commit=true&-H&Content-** > Type:&text/xml&--data-binary&<http://localhost:8983/solr/update?commit=true&-H&Content-Type:&text/xml&--data-binary&> > '**<commit/>' > > > and > > -http://localhost:8983/solr/**update?commit=true&-H&Content-** > Type:&text/xml&--data-binary&<http://localhost:8983/solr/update?commit=true&-H&Content-Type:&text/xml&--data-binary&> > '**<optimize/>' > > > all of which reply with the same > > <?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?> > > <response> > > <lst name=responseHeader><int name=status>0</int><int > name=QTime>0</int></lst> > > </response> > > response. > > But when I run a query, all data is still returned. > > I have also tried removing an entry specifically by id, exactly the same > behaviour. Record is never deleted. > > > Restarting the solr server after all this also does not help. > > > I have also tried using curl but that complains to this line: > > >curl > >http://localhost:8983/solr/**update?commit=true<http://localhost:8983/solr/update?commit=true>-H > > "Content-Type: text/xml" --data-binary '<delete><query>*:*</query></ > **delete>' > > > with: > > "< was unexpected at this time." > > > no idea what to make of that...... > > > I hope someone can give some advice here. > > Thanks in advance. > > > regards, > > > Roland > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >