title: Using "terms" vs "select?qt=terms" in Solr
body: <p>I have difficulties with the "/terms" request handler using Solr 4.2.0. </p>
  
  <p>Using the web browser the following url returns the list of terms of the fieldName INDUSTRY</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1/terms?terms.fl=INDUSTRY&amp;terms.prefix=P&amp;terms=true
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On the other hand, the following query returns no terms:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://localhost:8983/solr/collection1/select?qt=terms&amp;terms.fl=INDUSTRY&amp;terms.prefix=P&amp;terms=true
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My question is how can I use the "/terms" requestHandler via the "/select" requestHandler?</p>
  
  <p>The log from Solr is the following (if it is of any help to you)</p>
  
  <pre><code>Apr 12, 2013 10:21:55 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore execute
  INFO: [collection1] webapp=/solr path=/terms params={terms.fl=INDUSTRY&amp;terms=true&amp;terms.prefix=P} status=0 QTime=5 
  Apr 12, 2013 10:22:09 AM org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore execute
  INFO: [collection1] webapp=/solr path=/select params={terms.fl=INDUSTRY&amp;terms=true&amp;qt=terms&amp;terms.prefix=P} hits=0 status=0 QTime=0 
  </code></pre>