Hi Steve, responses inline below: > On Apr 29, 2015, at 6:50 PM, Steven White <swhite4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > When I pass the following: > http://localhost:8983/solr/db/schema/fieldtypes?wt=xml > > I see this (as one example): > > <lst> > <str name="name">date</str> > <str name="class">solr.TrieDateField</str> > <str name="precisionStep">0</str> > <str name="positionIncrementGap">0</str> > <arr name="fields"> > <str>last_modified</str> > </arr> > <arr name="dynamicFields"> > <str>*_dts</str> > <str>*_dt</str> > </arr> > </lst> > > See how there is "fields" and "dynamicfields"? However, when I look in > schema.xml, I see this: > > <fieldType name="date" class="solr.TrieDateField" precisionStep="0" > positionIncrementGap="0"/> > > See how there is nothing about "fields" and "dynamicfields". > > Now, when I look further into the schema.xml, I see they are coming from: > > <field name="last_modified" type="date" indexed="true" stored="true"/> > <dynamicField name="*_dt" type="date" indexed="true" stored="true"/> > <dynamicField name="*_dts" type="date" indexed="true" stored="true" > multiValued="true"/> > > So it all makes sense. > > Does this means the response of "fieldtypes" includes "fields" and > "dynamicfields" as syntactic-sugar to let me know of the relationship this > field-type has or is there more to it?
It’s FYI: this is the full list of fields and dynamic fields that use the given fieldtype. > The reason why I care about this question is because I'm using Solr's > Schema API (see: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Schema+API) > to make changes to my schema. Per this link: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/solr/Schema+API#SchemaAPI-AddaNewFieldType > it shows how to add a field-type via "add-field-type" but there is no > mention of "fields" or "dynamicfields" in this API. My assumption is > "fields" and "dynamicfields" need not be part of this API, instead it is > done via "add-field" and "add-dynamic-field", thus what I see in the XML of > "fieldtypes" response is just syntactic-sugar. Did I get all this right? > Yes, as you say, to add (dynamic) fields after adding a field type, you must use the “add-field” and “add-dynamic-field” commands. Note that you can do so in a single request if you like, as long as “add-field-type” is ordered before any referencing “add-field”/“add-dynamic-field” command. To be clear, the “add-field-type” command does not support passing in a set of fields and/or dynamic fields to be added with the new field type. Steve
