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Daniel Naber closed LUCENE-884.
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    Resolution: Fixed

Thanks, this is fixed now (website should update soon).

> Query Syntax page does not make it clear that wildcard searches are not 
> allowed in Phrase Queries
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>                 Key: LUCENE-884
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-884
>             Project: Lucene - Java
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Website
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.1
>            Reporter: Paul Taylor
>
> The queryparsersyntax page which is where I expect most novices (such as 
> myself) start with lucene seems to indicate that wildcards can be used in 
> phrase terms
> Quoting:
> 'Terms: A query is broken up into terms and operators. There are two types of 
> terms: Single Terms and Phrases.
> A Single Term is a single word such as "test" or "hello".
> A Phrase is a group of words surrounded by double quotes such as "hello 
> dolly".
> ....
> Wildcard Searches
> Lucene supports single and multiple character wildcard searches.
> To perform a multiple character wildcard search use the "*" symbol.
> Multiple character wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For 
> example, to search for test, tests or tester, you can use the search:
> test*
> You can also use the wildcard searches in the middle of a term.
> '
> there is nothing to indicate in the section on Wildcard Searches that it can 
> be performed only on Single word terms not Phrase terms.
> Chris  argues 'that there is nothing in the description of a Phrase to 
> indicate that it can be anything other then what it says "a group of words 
> surrounded by double quotes" .. at no point does it
> suggest that other types of queries or syntax can be used inside the quotes.  
> likewise the discussion of Wildcards makes no mention of phrases to suggest 
> that wildcard characters can be used in a phrase.'
> but I don't accept this because there is nothing in the description of a 
> Single Term either to indicate it can use wildcards either. Wildcards are 
> only mentioned in the Wildcard section and there it says thay can be used in 
> a term, it does not restrict the type of term
> I Propose a simple solution modify:
> Lucene supports single and multiple character wildcard searches.
> to 
> Lucene supports single and multiple character wildcard searches within single 
> terms.
> (Chris asked for a patch, but Im not sure how to do this, but the change is 
> simple enough)

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