Solr Query Syntax

Question

I just got started looking at using Solr as my search web service. I don't know whether Solr supports these query types:

• Startswith
• Exact Match
• Contain
• Doesn't Contain
• In the range

Could anyone guide me how to implement those features in Solr?

Cheers, Samnang

Answer 1

Samnang, please try the SolrQuerySyntax page in the Solr Wiki.

Answer 2

You can also find interesting infos on Solr query syntax here: http://www.solrtutorial.com/solr-query-syntax.html

Answer 3

Solr is capable of all those things but to adequately explain how to do each of time an answer would become a mini-manual for Solr.

I'd suggest you read the actual manual and tutorials linked from the Solr homepage.

In short though:

Startswith can be implemented using Lucene wildcards.

Exact matches will only be found if a field is not tokanized. I.e. the entire field is viewed as a single token.

Contain is the default search format. I.e. a search for "John" will find any document's whose search field contains the value "John". Prefixing with - (e.g. "-John" will only find documents that do not contain John).

Ranges (be they date or integer) are possible and quite powerful, example date:[* TO NOW] would find any document whose date is not in the future.