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Daniel Naber closed LUCENE-884. ------------------------------- 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]