Solr 7.2 removed support for inline LocalParams

lib/blacklight/solr/search_builder_behavior.rb

@@ -48,15 +48,11 @@ def add_query_to_solr(solr_parameters)
       end
 
       ##
-      # Create Solr 'q' including the user-entered q, prefixed by any
-      # solr LocalParams in config, using solr LocalParams syntax.
-      # http://wiki.apache.org/solr/LocalParams
+      # Create Solr 'q' including the user-entered q, including any search-field-specific parameters
       ##
       if search_field && search_field.solr_local_parameters.present?
-        local_params = search_field.solr_local_parameters.map do |key, val|
-          key.to_s + "=" + solr_param_quote(val, quote: "'")
-        end.join(" ")
-        solr_parameters[:q] = "{!#{local_params}}#{blacklight_params[:q]}"
+        solr_parameters.merge!(search_field.solr_local_parameters.symbolize_keys)
+        solr_parameters[:q] = "#{blacklight_params[:q]}"
 
         ##
         # Set Solr spellcheck.q to be original user-entered query, without

spec/models/blacklight/solr/search_builder_spec.rb

@@ -267,13 +267,9 @@
       it "should include spellcheck.dictionary from field def solr_parameters" do
         expect(subject[:"spellcheck.dictionary"]).to eq "subject"
       end
-      it "should add on :solr_local_parameters using Solr LocalParams style" do
-        #q == "{!pf=$subject_pf $qf=subject_qf} wome", make sure
-        #the LocalParams are really there
-        subject[:q] =~ /^\{!([^}]+)\}/
-        key_value_pairs = $1.split(" ")
-        expect(key_value_pairs).to include("pf=$subject_pf")
-        expect(key_value_pairs).to include("qf=$subject_qf")
+      it "should add on :solr_local_parameters" do
+        expect(subject[:pf]).to eq '$subject_pf'
+        expect(subject[:qf]).to eq '$subject_qf'
       end
     end
 
@@ -351,9 +347,9 @@
       end
 
       it "should include include local params with escaping" do
-        expect(subject[:q]).to include('qf=$author_qf')
-        expect(subject[:q]).to include('pf=\'you\\\'ll have \\" to escape this\'')
-        expect(subject[:q]).to include('pf2=$pf2_do_not_escape_or_quote')
+        expect(subject[:qf]).to eq('$author_qf')
+        expect(subject[:pf]).to eq('you\'ll have " to escape this\'')
+        expect(subject[:pf2]).to eq('$pf2_do_not_escape_or_quote')
       end
     end