solr increase number of digits that tint fields can store

Question

I have a price field of type tint, from which I will generate a range facet.
And I have now some items in my index that exceed tint type limit (max integer).
How do I increase tint max integer value?

Here is tint definition in schema.xml:

<fieldType name="tint" class="solr.TrieIntField" precisionStep="8" positionIncrementGap="0"/>

Do I have to increase precisionStep=8? because an error occured when trying to insert a number whose the # of digits = 10

Answer 1

You cannot insert a integer value which is larger than Java's Integer.MAX_VALUE into a TrieIntField. Simply because it is a wrapper around it. You cannot do this. Technically not possible. Referring to the documentation possible is

A numeric field that can contain 32-bit signed two's complement integer values.

• Min Value Allowed: -2147483648
• Max Value Allowed: 2147483647

Nothing more, nothing less.

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You could switch to solr.TrieLongField instead, if the following limits are OK for you

A numeric field that can contain 64-bit signed two's complement integer values.

• Min Value Allowed: -9223372036854775808
• Max Value Allowed: 9223372036854775807