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Solr Query with LIKE Clause


I'm working with Solr and I'd like to know if it is possible to have a LIKE clause in the query. For example, I want to know all organizations with "New York" in the title. In SQL, this would be written like Name LIKE 'New York%'.

My question - how do you write a LIKE query in Solr?

I'm using the SolrNet library, if that makes a difference.


Solution

  • You just search for "New York", but first you need to properly configure your field's analyzer. For example you might want to start with a field type like text_general as defined in the default Solr schema. This field type will tokenize on whitespace and other common word separators, then apply a filter of stopwords, then lowercase the terms in order to make searches case-insensitive.

    More information about analyzers in the Solr wiki.