Re: ANN: Solr puzzle: Magic Date
Thank you for the feedback Reth. You have interesting comments I'll keep in mind. This particular attempt was more specifically a puzzle - a combination of Solr features that give a surprising result. They would probably be a bit tricky for interviews. I have thought about 'scenario implementing' problems as well, but that would take a slightly different approach. Regards, Alex. Newsletter and resources for Solr beginners and intermediates: http://www.solr-start.com/ On 27 April 2016 at 17:59, Reth RM wrote: > Yes, these can be practice/interview questions. But, considering the > specific example above, it seems like question is pertaining to plot > syntactically error(?); it is not expected that developer/solr-user know > right syntax or commands. What could be interesting is, questions related > to cloud concepts, ranking concepts (tf-idf, bm25) or simple problem > statements that may ask how can this be implemented using solr's ootb > features/apis, and so on. If such are the upcoming puzzles question, I'm > sure they will be useful. > I liked the idea. > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Alexandre Rafalovitch > wrote: > >> I am doing an experiment in teaching about Solr. I've created a Solr >> puzzle and want to know whether people would find it useful to do more >> of these. My mailing list have seen this already, but I would love the >> feedback from a wider Solr audience as well. Privately or on the list. >> >> The - first - puzzle is deceptively simple: >> >> -- >> Given the following sequence of commands (for Solr 5.5 or 6.0): >> >> 1. bin/solr create_core -c puzzle_date >> 2. bin/post -c puzzle_date -type text/csv -d $'today\n2016-04-08' >> 3. curl http://localhost:8983/solr/puzzle_date/select?q=Fri >> >> -- >> Would the result be: >> >> 1.Error in the command 1 for not providing a configuration directory >> 2.Error in the command 2 for missing a uniqueKey field >> 3.Error in the command 2 due to an incorrect date format >> 4.No records in the command 3 output >> 5.One record in the command 3 output >> -- >> >> You can find the answer and full in-depth explanation at: >> http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2016/04/solr-5-puzzle-magic-date-answer/ >> >> Again, what I am trying to understand is whether that's somehow useful >> to people and worth making time to create and write-up. >> >> Any feedback would be appreciated. >> >> Regards, >> Alex. >> >> >> Newsletter and resources for Solr beginners and intermediates: >> http://www.solr-start.com/ >>
Re: ANN: Solr puzzle: Magic Date
Yes, these can be practice/interview questions. But, considering the specific example above, it seems like question is pertaining to plot syntactically error(?); it is not expected that developer/solr-user know right syntax or commands. What could be interesting is, questions related to cloud concepts, ranking concepts (tf-idf, bm25) or simple problem statements that may ask how can this be implemented using solr's ootb features/apis, and so on. If such are the upcoming puzzles question, I'm sure they will be useful. I liked the idea. On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Alexandre Rafalovitch wrote: > I am doing an experiment in teaching about Solr. I've created a Solr > puzzle and want to know whether people would find it useful to do more > of these. My mailing list have seen this already, but I would love the > feedback from a wider Solr audience as well. Privately or on the list. > > The - first - puzzle is deceptively simple: > > -- > Given the following sequence of commands (for Solr 5.5 or 6.0): > > 1. bin/solr create_core -c puzzle_date > 2. bin/post -c puzzle_date -type text/csv -d $'today\n2016-04-08' > 3. curl http://localhost:8983/solr/puzzle_date/select?q=Fri > > -- > Would the result be: > > 1.Error in the command 1 for not providing a configuration directory > 2.Error in the command 2 for missing a uniqueKey field > 3.Error in the command 2 due to an incorrect date format > 4.No records in the command 3 output > 5.One record in the command 3 output > -- > > You can find the answer and full in-depth explanation at: > http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2016/04/solr-5-puzzle-magic-date-answer/ > > Again, what I am trying to understand is whether that's somehow useful > to people and worth making time to create and write-up. > > Any feedback would be appreciated. > > Regards, > Alex. > > > Newsletter and resources for Solr beginners and intermediates: > http://www.solr-start.com/ >
ANN: Solr puzzle: Magic Date
I am doing an experiment in teaching about Solr. I've created a Solr puzzle and want to know whether people would find it useful to do more of these. My mailing list have seen this already, but I would love the feedback from a wider Solr audience as well. Privately or on the list. The - first - puzzle is deceptively simple: -- Given the following sequence of commands (for Solr 5.5 or 6.0): 1. bin/solr create_core -c puzzle_date 2. bin/post -c puzzle_date -type text/csv -d $'today\n2016-04-08' 3. curl http://localhost:8983/solr/puzzle_date/select?q=Fri -- Would the result be: 1.Error in the command 1 for not providing a configuration directory 2.Error in the command 2 for missing a uniqueKey field 3.Error in the command 2 due to an incorrect date format 4.No records in the command 3 output 5.One record in the command 3 output -- You can find the answer and full in-depth explanation at: http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2016/04/solr-5-puzzle-magic-date-answer/ Again, what I am trying to understand is whether that's somehow useful to people and worth making time to create and write-up. Any feedback would be appreciated. Regards, Alex. Newsletter and resources for Solr beginners and intermediates: http://www.solr-start.com/
