I used latest acts_as_solr to index a number of sample 'sale' items. Those item documents has a facet field, Its name is cat2_facet.
There are a number of documents that have cat2_facet= "Shoes" and There are a number of documents that have cat2_facet= "*Top Wear*". The problem is the space between *Top and Wear*. results = Item.find_by_solr("[* TO *]", {:facets=>{:zeros=>false,:fields=>[:cat1, :cat2] }}) results.facets["facet_fields"] return {"cat1_facet"=>{"electronics"=>5, "clothing"=>5}, *"cat2_facet"=>{"Bottom Wear"=>1, "Top Wear"=>2*, "Shoes"=>2, "HDTV"=>1, "Camera"=>4}} When I issue the query below results = Item.find_by_solr("[* TO *] AND cat2:Shoes", {:facets=>{:zeros=>false,:fields=>[:cat1, :cat2] }}) It returned correct number of hits. However when i run the query results = Item.find_by_solr("[* TO *] AND cat2:*Top Wear*", {:facets=>{:zeros=>false,:fields=>[:cat1, :cat2] }}) It return zero hit (incorrect). I even tried to put quote and double quote for the facet value @results = Item.find_by_solr("[* TO *] AND cat2:'*Top Wear'*", {:facets=>{:zeros=>false,:fields=>[:cat1, :cat2] }}) And it still does not work. What should I do to remedy this space issue? Let me also attach the translated solr query I saw in solr log file INFO: [] webapp=/solr path=/select params={facet=true&fl=pk_i,score&facet.mincount=1&q=([*+TO+*]+AND+cat2_facet:Shoes)+AND+(type_s:Item)&facet.limit=-1&facet.field=cat1_facet&facet.field=cat2_facet&qt=standard&wt=ruby} *hits=2* status=0 QTime=1 Jun 5, 2009 7:54:23 PM org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore execute INFO: [] webapp=/solr path=/select params={facet=true&fl=pk_i,score&facet.mincount=1&q=([*+TO+*]+AND+cat2_facet:Top+Wear)+AND+(type_s:Item)&facet.limit=-1&facet.field=cat1_facet&facet.field=cat2_facet&qt=standard&wt=ruby} *hits=0* status=0 QTime=10 Thank you. Thanh