how to select multiple values in solr via the query string?

Question

let's say for example i need to search for a number of ids, and by looking at the solr/admin page, at the "Make a Query" input form, there is a

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how am I gonna search a multiple value if it only works with one query whenever I fire the search button ?

I tried

id:123,413,2232,2323

it didn't work..but this single query, works

id:123

Baumgardner

Answer 1

Please check out the SolrQuerySyntax page on the Solr wiki for some examples of the query syntax for Solr.

Given your example you could query for this in a couple of ways:

1. id:[1 TO 4]
2. (id:1 OR id:2 OR id:3 OR id:4)

Kumiss

what if the values are different and it can't be in range like that in your example as id:[1 TO 4] ...and the default operator is AND not OR, what to do ? – Baumgardner

Modified second option to show how to force the OR to occur no matter what the default operator is set to. – Kumiss

Answer 2

Solr automatically uses OR as an operator, so the shortest version would be:

id:(123 413 2232 2323)

Amandaamandi

Answer 3

I would slightly modify second option to be:

id:(ONE OR TWO OR THREE) 

Tanagra

Answer 4

There are only two ways you can achieve it:

1. id: 123 OR id:413 OR id:2232 OR id:2323

2. id:(123 413 2232 2323)

Both are the same the second one is a shorthand.

Foreleg