Solr Index appears to be valid - but returns no results

Question

Solr newbie here.

I have created a Solr index and write a whole bunch of docs into it. I can see from the Solr admin page that the docs exist and the schema is fine as well. But when I perform a search using a test keyword I do not get any results back.

1. On entering * : *

   into the query (in Solr admin page) I get all the results.

2. However, when I enter any other query (e.g. a term or phrase) I get no results. I have verified that the field being queried is Indexed and contains the values I am searching for.

So I am confused what I am doing wrong.

Answer 1

Probably you don't have a <defaultSearchField> correctly set up. See this question.

Another possibility: your field is of type string instead of text. String fields, in contrast to text fields, are not analyzed, but stored and indexed verbatim.

Answer 2

With solr 4, I had to solve this as per Mauricio's answer by defining type="text_en" to the field.

Answer 3

With solr 6, use text_general.