The strings are not coming from Java literals, actually, so I didn't think that was the problem.
Any other thoughts? -- m@ > I think you are encountering a "double escape" problem in java literals. > QP is seeing a backslash in front of the ) and waiting for you to finish > the paren grouping. > > how are you passing that string to the QP, is it embedded in your java > code? if so the java compiler is interpreting your \\ and your java app > is never seeing it. > > : Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 07:30:19 -0700 (PDT) > : From: Matt Magoffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : Reply-To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > : To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > : Subject: QueryParser exception on escaped backslash preceding ) > character > : > : When I try to parse a query with an escaped backslash character like > this > : (using Lucene 1.4.3): > : > : -id:20677 +(addr:Street143 AND zip:\\) > : > : the QueryParser thows an Exception: > : > : Encountered "<EOF>" at line 1, column 289. > : Was expecting one of: <AND> ... <OR> ... > : <NOT> ... "+" ... "-" ... "(" ... ")" ... "^" ... > : <QUOTED> ... <TERM> ... > : <PREFIXTERM> ... <WILDTERM> ... "[" ... > : "{" ... <NUMBER> ... > : > : However, if I insert a space between the backslash and the parenthesis: > : > : -id:20677 +(addr:Street143 AND zip:\\ ) > : > : it works. Is this expected behavior or perhaps a bug in the QueryParser? > : > : -- m@ > : > : --------------------------------------------------------------------- > : To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : > > > > -Hoss > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]