hello your comment made me think - so i decided to double check myself.
i opened up the schema in squirrel and made sure that the two columns in question were actually of type TEXT in the schema - check i went in to the db-config.xml and removed all references to ClobTransformer, removed the cast directives from the fields as well as the clob="true" on the two fields - i pasted the db-config.xml below for reference - check i restarted jboss - thus restarting solr - check i went in to the solr dataimport admin screen and did a clean import - check after the import was complete - i queried a part that i knew would have one of the clob fields - results are pasted below as well - you can see the binary address in the field. <?xml version="1.0"?> <result name="response" numFound="1" start="0"> <doc> <str name="accessoryIndicator">N</str> * <str name="attributes">[B@5b372219</str>* <str name="availabilityStatus">PIA</str> <arr name="divProductTypeDesc"> <str>Refrigerators and Freezers</str> </arr> <str name="divProductTypeId">0046</str> <str name="id">12001892,0046,464</str> <str name="itemModelDesc">VALVE, WATER</str> <str name="itemModelNo">12001892</str> <str name="itemModelNoExactMatchStr">12001892</str> <int name="itemType">1</int> <str name="otcStockIndicator">Y</str> <int name="partCnt">1</int> <str name="partCondition">N</str> <arr name="plsBrandDesc"> <str/> </arr> <str name="plsBrandId">464</str> <str name="productIndicator">N</str> <int name="rankNo">13</int> <float name="sellingPrice">53.54</float> <str name="sourceOrderNo">464 </str> <str name="subbedFlag">Y</str> </doc> </result> <document> <entity transformer="TemplateTransformer" name="core1-parts" query="select summ.*, 1 as item_type, 1 as part_cnt, '' as brand, mst.acy_prt_fl, mst.dil_tx, mst.hzd_mtl_typ_cd, mst.otc_cre_stk_fl, mst.prd_fl, mst.prt_cmt_tx, mst.prt_cnd_cd, mst.prt_inc_qt, mst.prt_made_by, mst.sug_qt, att.attr_val, rsr.rsr_val, case when sub.orb_itm_id is null then 'N' else 'Y' end as subbed_flag from prtxtps_prt_summ as summ left outer join prtxtpm_prt_mast as mst on mst.orb_itm_id = summ.orb_itm_id and mst.prd_gro_id = summ.prd_gro_id and mst.spp_id = summ.spp_id left outer join tmpxtpa_prt_attr as att on att.orb_itm_id = summ.orb_itm_id and att.prd_gro_id = summ.prd_gro_id and att.spp_id = summ.spp_id left outer join tmpxtpr_prt_rsr as rsr on rsr.orb_itm_id = summ.orb_itm_id and rsr.prd_gro_id = summ.prd_gro_id and rsr.spp_id = summ.spp_id left outer join tmpxtps_prt_sub as sub on sub.orb_itm_id = summ.orb_itm_id and sub.prd_gro_id = summ.prd_gro_id and sub.spp_id = summ.spp_id where summ.spp_id = '464'"> <field column ="id" name="id" template="${core1-parts.orb_itm_id},${core1-parts.prd_gro_id},${core1-parts.spp_id}"/> <field column="orb_itm_id" name="itemModelNo"/> <field column="prd_gro_id" name="divProductTypeId"/> <field column="ds_tx" name="itemModelDesc"/> <field column="spp_id" name="plsBrandId"/> <field column="rnk_no" name="rankNo"/> <field column="item_type" name="itemType"/> <field column="brand" name="plsBrandDesc"/> <field column="prd_gro_ds" name="divProductTypeDesc"/> <field column="part_cnt" name="partCnt"/> <field column="avail" name="availabilityStatus"/> <field column="price" name="sellingPrice"/> <field column="prt_son" name="sourceOrderNo"/> <field column="prt_src_cd" name="sourceIdCode"/> <field column="rte_cd" name="sourceRouteCode"/> <field column="acy_prt_fl" name="accessoryIndicator"/> <field column="dil_tx" name="disclosure"/> <field column="hzd_mtl_typ_cd" name="hazardousMaterialCode"/> <field column="otc_cre_stk_fl" name="otcStockIndicator"/> <field column="prd_fl" name="productIndicator"/> <field column="prt_cmt_tx" name="comment"/> <field column="prt_cnd_cd" name="partCondition"/> <field column="prt_inc_qt" name="qtyIncluded"/> <field column="prt_made_by" name="madeBy"/> <field column="sug_qt" name="suggestedQty"/> <field column="attr_val" name="attributes"/> <field column="rsr_val" name="restrictions"/> <field column="subbed_flag" name="subbedFlag"/> <entity name="partImages" query="SELECT pi.prt_img_url, pi.orb_itm_id || ',' || pi.prd_gro_id || ',' || pi.spp_id as pk FROM prtxtpi_prt_img pi" processor="CachedSqlEntityProcessor" cacheKey="pk" cacheLookup="core1-parts.id"> <field column="prt_img_url" name="partImageURL"/> </entity> </entity> <entity transformer="TemplateTransformer" name="core1-model" query="select prtxtms_mdl_summ.prd_typ_id, prtxtms_mdl_summ.bnd_id, prtxtms_mdl_summ.mdl_nm, prtxtms_mdl_summ.mdl_desc, 0 as rnk_no, 2 as item_type, prtxtms_mdl_summ.bnd_desc as brand, prtxtms_mdl_summ.prd_desc as div_product_type_ds, prtxtms_mdl_summ.pg_cnt, case when prtxtms_mdl_summ.part_cnt is null then 0 else prtxtms_mdl_summ.part_cnt end as part_cnt from prtxtms_mdl_summ"> <field column ="id" name="id" template="${core1-model.prd_typ_id},${core1-model.bnd_id},${core1-model.mdl_nm}"/> <field column="mdl_nm" name="itemModelNo"/> <field column="prd_typ_id" name="divProductTypeId"/> <field column="mdl_desc" name="itemModelDesc"/> <field column="bnd_id" name="plsBrandId"/> <field column="rnk_no" name="rankNo"/> <field column="item_type" name="itemType"/> <field column="brand" name="plsBrandDesc"/> <field column="div_product_type_ds" name="divProductTypeDesc"/> <field column="part_cnt" name="partCnt"/> <field column="pg_cnt" name="pageCnt"/> </entity> </document> mark -- View this message in context: http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/having-trouble-storing-large-text-blob-fields-returns-binary-address-in-search-results-tp4063979p4064407.html Sent from the Solr - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.