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Re: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind
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From: Demian K. <dem...@vi...> - 2014-03-31 14:49:19
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Glad you got this sorted out (and thanks to everyone who chimed to help while I was away from email). Once you've found the precise cause, feel free to come back for clarification if it's not obvious why it's causing the break. - Demian > -----Original Message----- > From: Simon Barron [mailto:sim...@lo...] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 9:53 AM > To: Osullivan L. > Cc: vuf...@li... > Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > Thanks, Luke. Using the default searchspecs.yaml fixes it. > > Which is good. But also means that I have to go through it to discover which > of my changes broke it. > > Thanks everyone! > > Simon > > -- > Simon Barron > Systems Librarian > Senate House Libraries, University of London > Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8462 > Web: www.london.ac.uk > > The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a > charity registered in Scotland (Reg.no.SCO41194). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Osullivan L. [mailto:L.O...@sw...] > Sent: 31 March 2014 14:44 > To: Simon Barron > Cc: Stephen Hovey; ha...@ub...; vufind- > ge...@li... > Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > Have you modified your search specs in any way? If so, try replacing it > temporarily with the default one and see if that works... > > > > On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 13:30 +0000, Simon Barron wrote: > > This didn't work. I changed every field that I'd added that I also made > searchable in searchspecs.yaml from 'string' to 'text' and then reindexed. I > then changed every field that I'd added (regardless of it being searchable or > not) and reindexed. Still the same messages. > > > > I also get the messages when I do a search with the index completely empty. > > > > Simon > > > > -- > > Simon Barron > > Systems Librarian > > Senate House Libraries, University of London > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8462 > > Web: www.london.ac.uk > > > > The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a > charity registered in Scotland (Reg.no.SCO41194). > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Hovey [mailto:ho...@bu...] > > Sent: 31 March 2014 14:06 > > To: Simon Barron; ha...@ub... > > Cc: Osullivan L.; vuf...@li... > > Subject: RE: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > > > Likely - switch out 'string' and make them 'text' > > > > Seems like it should be 6 of one, half dozen of another, but it wasn’t. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon Barron [mailto:sim...@lo...] > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 9:03 AM > > To: Stephen Hovey; ha...@ub... > > Cc: Osullivan L.; vuf...@li... > > Subject: RE: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > > > I have indeed. I've been busily adding new string fields and new text fields > to my biblio index. Would this be the cause? A combination of this and the > definitions in searchspecs.yaml? > > > > Some quick testing shows that narrowing the search from 'all fields' to, for > example, an 'author' search and then using the operators (eg. 'wall?ce') gives > the 'An error has occurred' message instead of the other message. > > > > Simon > > > > -- > > Simon Barron > > Systems Librarian > > Senate House Libraries, University of London > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8462 > > Web: www.london.ac.uk > > > > The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a > charity registered in Scotland (Reg.no.SCO41194). > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Hovey [mailto:ho...@bu...] > > Sent: 31 March 2014 13:57 > > To: Simon Barron; ha...@ub... > > Cc: Osullivan L.; vuf...@li... > > Subject: RE: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > > > I had a problem like this once, when I modified an index to add a few > fields, and set them to string instead of text. Have you adjusted the index > definition recently? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Simon Barron [mailto:sim...@lo...] > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 8:55 AM > > To: ha...@ub... > > Cc: Osullivan L.; vuf...@li... > > Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > > > Hi, > > > > That works OK. 'gins?ng' retrieved no results but did do a search. 'wom?n' > retrieved appropriate results from the index. > > > > So it doesn't look like the index is corrupted. > > > > Simon > > > > -- > > Simon Barron > > Systems Librarian > > Senate House Libraries, University of London > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8462 > > Web: www.london.ac.uk > > > > The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a > charity registered in Scotland (Reg.no.SCO41194). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ha...@ub... [mailto:ha...@ub...] > > Sent: 31 March 2014 13:42 > > To: Simon Barron > > Cc: Osullivan L.; vuf...@li... > > Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > > > > > > > Hi Simon, > > > > Can you go to > > your.server.uk:8080/solr/#/biblio/query > > and run a query like title:gins?ng (in the 1 field) > > directly against the solr index > > to see if the index has got corrupted or so ? > > > > -- goetz. > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:31:09PM +0000, Simon Barron wrote: > > > Flushing the cache didn't help and there's no differences in terms of > search between the local and default versions of either config.ini or > searches.ini. > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > -- > > > Simon Barron > > > Systems Librarian > > > Senate House Libraries, University of London > > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8462 > > > Web: www.london.ac.uk > > > > > > The University of London is an exempt charity in England and Wales and a > charity registered in Scotland (Reg.no.SCO41194). > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Osullivan L. [mailto:L.O...@sw...] > > > Sent: 31 March 2014 12:55 > > > To: Simon Barron > > > Cc: vuf...@li... > > > Subject: Re: [VuFind-General] Advanced search techniques in VuFind > > > > > > Hi Simon, > > > > > > If you have recently upgraded, it may be worth flushing the cache to clear > the existing searchspecs. I'd also compare the default config file with your > local one just in case something has gone wrong there. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > On Mon, 2014-03-31 at 11:20 +0000, Simon Barron wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Our VuFind isn’t accepting searches that use advanced features > > > > like wildcards, ranges, or Boolean operators. For example, a > > > > search for ‘wom?n’ gives the user the error message ‘There seems > > > > to be a problem with your search query. Please check the syntax. > > > > If you are not trying to use advanced features, putting the query > > > > inside double quotes may help.’The same occurs using ~, { }, and OR. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know why this would be? We’re using VuFind 2.2. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Much appreciated, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________ > > > > Simon Barron > > > > Systems Librarian > > > > Senate House Libraries, University of London Senate House | Malet > > > > Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK > > > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8462 > > > > Web: www.london.ac.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > cid:C22B3011-377C-4764-9D95-A4E4342D2E96 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________ > > > > The University of London is an > > > > exempt charity in England and Wales and a charity registered in > > > > Scotland (Reg.no.SCO41194). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > > > -- > > > > -------- _______________________________________________ > > > > VuFind-General mailing list > > > > VuF...@li... > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > -------- _______________________________________________ > > > VuFind-General mailing list > > > VuF...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------- _______________________________________________ > > VuFind-General mailing list > > VuF...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vufind-general > > > > The Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System has more than 2.6 million > materials available for borrowing including books, eBooks, DVDs, music and > more. 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