Hi Eric, Thanks for your prompt response. Yes, it was my assumption, but will definitely do an analysis if fq query firing is not possible without q parameter.
With Regards, Santanu On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com>wrote: > bq: cause *:* consumes more time than a search query. > > what's your evidence for this? q=*:* is handled specially > as a "constant score query", it should be very fast. Or is > this an assumption on your part? > > And remember that even on a *:* query, the first time after > a new searcher is opened there will be some initialization. > > Best > Erick > > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Santanu8939967892 < > mishra.sant...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > Can I use fq parameter without using q parameter. > > I don't want to do a search like [q = *:* & fq=field1:""], cause *:* > > consumes more time than a search query. > > > > > > With Regards, > > Santanu > > >