How to OR null value in Apache Solr query?
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I am trying to create a Solr query to get documents that have a specific value on one of its fields OR that does not have a value...
Theorically, this query should have worked.
Here is some information:
Query: (name: john) --> Result count: 15383 //Johns
Query: (name: {* TO *}) --> Result count: 61013 //People that have a name
Query: -(name: {* TO *}) --> Result count: 216888 //People that do not have a name
Now, when I use first and third query in a same query with OR operator, I expect to get (216888 + 15383) results. But SOLR gives 15383 results, simply ignores the effect of third query:
Query: +((name:john) (-(name:{* TO *}))) //This is the query I was used.
Is this a bug of Solr or am I doing wrong in query? Merging two query results is an additional solution but I do not want to do extra code implementation if I could do it with a simple query.
Any help would be appreciated.
Answer
(-name:[* TO *] AND *:*) OR name:john