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 <reth.ik...@gmail.com> 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 <arafa...@gmail.com> > 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/ >>
