Of course, as soon as I post this, I discover this: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4134?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13537900#comment-13538174
i'll give this patch a spin in the morning. (this is not an example of how to use antecedents :)) -g On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Gary Yngve <gary.yn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Posting this > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><add><doc><field name="nickname_s" > update="set">blah</field><field name="tags_ss" > update="add">qux</field><field name="tags_ss" > update="add">quux</field><field name="id">foo</field></doc></add> > > to an existing doc with foo and bar tags > results in tags_ss containing > <arr name="tags_ss"> > <str>{add=qux}</str> > <str>{add=quux}</str> > </arr> > > whereas posting this > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><add><doc><field name="nickname_s" > update="set">blah</field><field name="tags_ss" > update="add">qux</field><field name="id">foo</field></doc></add> > > results in the expected behavior: > <arr name="tags_ss"> > <str>foo</str> > <str>bar</str> > <str>qux</str> > </arr> > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > Gary >