Looks like QueryParser doesn't handle escaped quotes when inside a phrase:
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { String s = "Re:abcde jjj\"efgh asdf\" dsfdsf"; System.out.println(s); QueryParser parser = new QueryParser("subject", new StandardAnalyzer()); System.out.println(parser.parse(s)); s = QueryParser.escape(s); System.out.println(s); System.out.println(parser.parse(s)); s = "\""+s+"\""; System.out.println(s); System.out.println(parser.parse(s)); } This throws a ParseException on the last line. This is with lucene 1.9.1 and also from cvs. I was trying to implement an advanced search form where the user can enter a text in a "search for this exact phrase" field, without having to know the lucene syntax. My original idea was to use QueryParser.escape() so that any punctuation is not interpreted, but apparently quotes just have to be removed first. Tomislav Gountchev -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ParseException-with-escaped-quotes-in-a-phrase-t1647115.html#a4461350 Sent from the Lucene - Java Developer forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]