On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Jack Krupansky <j...@basetechnology.com> wrote: > First, you cannot do any internal editing of a multi-valued list, other > than: > > 1. Replace the entire list. > 2. Add values on to the end of the list. >
Thank you. I meant that I am actually editing the entire document. Reading it, changing the values that I need, and then 'updating' it. I will look into updating only the single multiValued field. > But you can do both of those operations on a single multivalued field with > "atomic update" without reading and writing the entire document. > > Second, there is no "<arr>" element in the Solr Update XML format. Only > "<field>". > > To simply replace the full, current value of one multi-valued field: > > <add> > <doc> > <field name="id">doc-id</field> > <field name="tags" update="set">a</field> > <field name="tags" update="set">b</field> > </doc> > </add> > > If you simply want to append a couple of values: > > <add> > <doc> > <field name="id">doc-id</field> > <field name="tags" update="add">a</field> > <field name="tags" update="add">b</field> > </doc> > </add> > > To empty out a multivalued field: > > <add> > <doc> > <field name="id">doc-id</field> > <field name="tags" update="set" null="true" /> > </doc> > </add> > Thank you. I will see about translating that into the JSON format that I work with. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com
