: when we do a search on a nonexisting field, we get a SolrException: : undefined field : (this was for query "nonfield:test") : : but when we use wildcards in our query, we dont get the undefined field : exception, : so the query "nonfield:*test" works fine ... just zero results... : : is this normal behaviour ?
the error about undefined fields comes up because the Lucene QueryParser is attempting to analyze the field, and the Solr IndexSchema complains if it can't find the field it's asked to provide an analyzer for. for wildcard (and fuzzy and prefix) queries, the input is not analyzed (the Lucene FAQ explains this a bit) so the Solr IndexSchema is never consulted about the field. It is certianly an odd bit of behavior, and we should try to be consistent. I think it it would be fairly straight forward to make the SolrQueryParser *always* test that the field is "viable" according the IndexSchema ... would you mind opening a bug in Jira for this? -Hoss
