Did you go through the tutorial in the Reference Guide? it explains a lot of these and has configuration for you to check. See for example (in a middle of tutorial): https://lucene.apache.org/solr/guide/7_4/solr-tutorial.html#create-a-catchall-copy-field
Regards, Alex. On 29 July 2018 at 13:45, Renuka Srishti <renuka.srisht...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for response, > > Let me explain with an example. > I have following fields : name, description, id, title. > These fields have following values: > doc1 - > name : test > description : test and run > id : t1 > title : abc title > > doc2 - > name : abc > description : test and run again > id : t2 > title : xyz title > > You can see name and description both contain "test", so my question is if > I will query for "test" using "q" parameter without specifying the fields > in either "df" or "qf", will it be able to search? Because I tried, and I > think you have to mention the fields otherwise it will not work. > If I will put "df" and "qf" value as "name", so it will return only doc1, > but I want to return both documents when I query "test" (Because > description also contains "test"). Will it be possible without configuring > the "df" or "qf"? Is there any way to apply search on all fields? > > Thanks > Renuka Srishti > > On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 8:12 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What do you want Solr to do in that case? Search all the defined >> fields? Some of them? Pick randomly? >> >> This is like asking "can Solr do what I want without telling it what I >> want?". >> >> You can define df or qf _defaults_ in solrconfig.xml for the request >> handler, that's what those are for. >> Then the _user_ doesn't need to specify them. Somebody has to however >> and defaults are how those >> are usually done. >> >> Best, >> Erick >> >> On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 7:07 AM, Alexandre Rafalovitch >> <arafa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Solr does need to know what field(s) you want to search. And you can >> > configure all of these things in solrconfig.xml, so the user does not >> > have to provide that. >> > >> > Just remember, unless you really know what you are doing, you should >> > not be exposing Solr directly to the user/browser. Think of it more >> > like a database with another layer between it and user-queries. >> > Otherwise, somebody could delete your whole index, etc. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Alex. >> > >> > On 29 July 2018 at 09:11, Renuka Srishti <renuka.srisht...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Is there any possible way to perform search by using "q" or "query" >> >> parameter without setting "df" parameter or "qf" parameter. >> >> >> >> for example: I am passing "q":"xyz" >> >> I have to mention the field for which I want to perform query otherwise >> I >> >> will not get results. >> >> >> >> What is the way if I want to search on all documents without mentioning >> any >> >> field. >> >> for example : I am passing "q":"xyz" >> >> If I query like that, it should return all the documents containing that >> >> value. No need to mention the fields. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Renuka Srishti >>
