solr - set fileds as default search field

solr, solr4

Solution

As far as I know you should only have the `<str name="df"></str>` declared once in your `requestHandler`

Typically what I do is copy all the fields that i want to search into a default search field called `text`.

schema.xml:

<copyField source="name_t" dest="text"/>

solrconfig.xml

<requestHandler name="/select" class="solr.SearchHandler">
<!-- default values for query parameters can be specified, these
     will be overridden by parameters in the request
-->
<lst name="defaults">
   <str name="q">*:*</str>
   <str name="echoParams">explicit</str>
   <int name="rows">10</int>
   <str name="df">text</str>
</lst>
</requestHandler>

If this is not good enough, you can always search other fields using a `dismax` search with the `qf` declaration like so:

`http://localhost:8983/solr/vault/select/?q= White&defType=dismax&qf=PackageName+Tag+VersionComments+VersionTag+Description+SKU+SKUDesc`

Problem

The following query works well for me ``` http://[]:8983/solr/vault/select?q=VersionComments%3AWhite ``` returns all the documents where version comments includes White I try to omit the field name and put it as a default value as follows : In solr config I write ``` <requestHandler name="/select" class="solr.SearchHandler"> <!-- default values for query parameters can be specified, these will be overridden by parameters in the request --> <lst name="defaults"> <str name="echoParams">explicit</str> <int name="rows">10</int> <str name="df">PackageName</str> <str name="df">Tag</str> <str name="df">VersionComments</str> <str name="df">VersionTag</str> <str name="df">Description</str> <str name="df">SKU</str> <str name="df">SKUDesc</str> </lst> ``` I restart the solr and create a full import. Then I try using ``` http://[]:8983/solr/vault/select?q=White ``` (Where ``` http://[]:8983/solr/vault/select?q=VersionComments%3AWhite ``` still works) But I dont get the document any as answer. What am I doing wrong?

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