: Not sure if this is a bug or intended behaviour, but the ping query seems to : rely on the value of the default "df" value in the requestHandler, rather than : on the core's defaultSearchField defined in schema.xml.
The df *request* param will always override the defaultSearchField in the schema. "defaults" you specify on handlers in solrconfig.xml are default *request* params you want that handler to use unless the param with the same name is spcified as part of hte request. So if you have a "defaults" df in your solrconfig.xml it's going to override the defaultSearchField in schema.xml -Hoss
