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Create 2024-11-26-apache-solr-filter-queries-integer-or-string-fields.md 
added a blog post about Apache solr filter queries
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Title: Apache Solr Filter Queries: Integer or String Fields?
category: solr/blogposts
summary: Let's explore whether to index a field in Apache Solr as a string or integer for optimal filter query performance. Written by Ilaria Petreti, Information Retrieval/Machine Learning Engineer at Sease.
slug: apache-solr-filter-queries-integer-or-string-fields
URL: blogposts/apache-solr-filter-queries-integer-or-string-fields.html
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# Apache Solr Filter Queries: Integer or String Fields?

Imagine you are setting up an Apache Solr index and need to handle a field representing an ID that will be used frequently in filter queries.
The key question is: how should you index this field for optimal performance? Should you use a string field type, or would an integer field type be more efficient?

Let's combine the results of a local experiment with insights from online research to evaluate which option delivers better performance. Continue to the full post here: [Apache Solr Filter Queries: Integer or String Fields?
](https://sease.io/2024/11/apache-solr-filter-queries-integer-or-string-fields.html)