You're correct that there is an underlying problem I'm trying to solve. The underlying problem is that due to the security policies I cannot run another service that listens on a TCP port, but a unix domain socket would be okay. It looks like I might have to go with mysql full-text search or something like metasearch (I'm using Ruby on Rails).
Jason On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote: > > : >> Is it possible to connect to SOLR over a socket file as is possible > : >> with mysql? I've looked around and I get the feeling that I may be > : >> mi-understanding part of SOLR's architecture. > > Why are you specificly interested in trying to talk to solr over a socket > file? > > https://people.apache.org/~hossman/#xyproblem > XY Problem > > Your question appears to be an "XY Problem" ... that is: you are dealing > with "X", you are assuming "Y" will help you, and you are asking about "Y" > without giving more details about the "X" so that we can understand the > full issue. Perhaps the best solution doesn't involve "Y" at all? > See Also: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=542341 > > > > -Hoss
