Agreed. Just a JavaScript check on the input box would work fine for 99% of cases, unless something automatic is running them in which case just server side redirect back to the form.
> On Oct 27, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Mark Robinson <mark123lea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Konstantinos , > > Thanks for the reply. > I too feel the same. Wanted to find what others also in the Solr world > thought about it. > > Thanks! > Mark. > >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 11:45 AM Konstantinos Koukouvis < >> konstantinos.koukou...@mecenat.com> wrote: >> >> Oh hi Mark! >> >> Why would you wanna do such a thing in the solr end. Imho it would be much >> more clean and easy to do it on the client side >> >> Regards, >> Konstantinos >> >> >>>> On 27 Oct 2020, at 16:42, Mark Robinson <mark123lea...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I want to block queries having only a digit like "1" or "2" , ... or >>> just a letter like "a" or "b" ... >>> >>> Is it a good idea to block them ... ie just single digits 0 - 9 and a - >> z >>> by putting them as a stop word? The problem with this I can anticipate >> is a >>> query like "1 inch screw" can have the important information "1" stripped >>> out if I tokenize it. >>> >>> So what would be a good way to avoid single digit only and single letter >>> only queries, from the Solr end? >>> Or should I not do this at the Solr end at all? >>> >>> Could someone please share your thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Mark >> >> ================================================== >> Konstantinos Koukouvis >> konstantinos.koukou...@mecenat.com >> >> Using Golang and Solr? Try this: https://github.com/mecenat/solr >> >> >> >> >> >>