As usual when we are not updating solr.pl for a long time that doesn’t mean that we are not doing anything. Similar to the previous period of silence we were writing. This time, after two years of from Apache Solr 4 Cookbook publication we are proud to announce that this Monday – Solr Cookbook Third Edition is published.
Similar to the previous edition of cookbook, we took the time to rebuild the book and all recipes were updated, half of the previous content has been thrown away and new content was added. The very important thing in our minds is that Solr Cookbook Third Edition covers Solr 4.x version (basing on the newest 4.10.3 version of Solr) and Solr 5.0 which should be released very soon.
The book is targeting beginners and intermediate users working with Apache Solr. You’ll find recipes that should make your life easier when you take the first steps with Solr and when you are encountering common problems that intermediate users tend to struggle with. However I don’t recommend the book for those of you who knows everything about Solr – you may find parts of the book interesting, but this book is not directed to you.
The list of chapters from the book is as follows:
- Apache Solr Configuration
- Indexing Your Data
- Analyzing Your Text Data
- Querying Solr
- Faceting
- Improving Solr Performance
- In the Cloud
- Using Additional Solr Functionalities
- Dealing with Problems
- Real-life Situations
More information about the book itself can be found on Packt Publishing web page dedicated to the book – https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/solr-cookbook-third-edition. You can also view the free chapter of the book if you go to the following URL: http://bit.ly/1AhD8ku.
Errata
We would like to ensure that the reception of the book should be as good as possible and because we have found some mistakes in the book we decided to write a little errata. We sincerely apologize for all the error and mistakes.
Chapter 10 – Real-life Situations
Boosting words closer to each other
In Boosting words closer to each other recipe we show the /better handler configuration. The q parameter is missing one space. The example shown in the book states:
<str name="q">_query_:"{!edismax qf=$qfQuery mm=$mmQuerypf=$pfQuery bq=$boostQuery v=$mainQuery}"</str>
This example misses space between mm=$mmQuery and pf=$pfQuery parameters. The correct example should look as follows:
<str name="q">_query_:"{!edismax qf=$qfQuery mm=$mmQuery pf=$pfQuery bq=$boostQuery v=$mainQuery}"</str>
The code in the examples provided with the book is correct.