Wildcard to select all items in Solr

Question

I'm currently using Local Solr for doing geo searching. It takes in lat and long parameters as well as a search query. I want to create nearby functionality, where I don't need to provide a location and not a search query. Is there a way to provide a wildcard query that matches all elements then order by the distance? Is the best to create another field and place the same value in all fields?

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use the query *:* to match all values in all fields.

See http://wiki.apache.org/solr/FAQ#How_can_I_delete_all_documents_from_my_index.3F for an example on how to query all documents using the *:* wildcard.

See also http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrQuerySyntax for general Solr syntax help.

Answer 2

You may use Solr spatial search to sort by distance, and your query can be *:* if you want to pull all documents from your index.

   eg: ?q=*:*&sfield=search_field&pt=22.12,-55.56&sort=geodist() asc

http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SpatialSearch