Solr: Using a Filter Query on a boolean field?
solr
Solution
There is nothing wrong with your query syntax `&fq=is_instrumental:true` should work.
My guess here is that you are using a customized version of the /select request handler that is implementing a custom query parser like the eDisMax (Extended Dismax) Parser. Perhaps the `&uf` parameter has been set to prevent fielded searches. Can you check your solrconfig.xml and see how the defaults for the `<requestHandler name="/select" class="solr.SearchHandler">` configuration are defined?
Problem
I have an indexed, stored Boolean field that I'm trying to use as a filter: ``` <field name="is_instrumental" type="boolean" indexed="true" stored="true" /> ``` However, when I try to use it as a fq parameter, the query returns zero results: ``` select?q=*:*&fq=is_instrumental:true&wt=xml&indent=true <response> <lst name="responseHeader"> <int name="status">0</int> <int name="QTime">0</int> <lst name="params"> <str name="indent">true</str> <str name="q">*:*</str> <str name="wt">xml</str> <str name="fq">is_instrumental:true</str> </lst> </lst> <result name="response" numFound="0" start="0"></result> </response> ``` I've tried every combination I can think of (true, false, 1, 0, TRUE, FALSE, also in quotes), no matter what I try it doesn't return anything. Filters on other fields (ints or strings) work perfectly fine. Using Solr 4.1. What am I missing? Edit: solrconfig.xml: http://pastebin.com/kGWhQBma schema.xml: http://pastebin.com/uqnYuuHR