Hi
you can't have a boolean query containing only MUST_NOT clauses (which is what (-(FILE:abstract.htm)) is. it matches no documents, so the mandatory qualification on it causes the query to fail for all docs.
This is true for the search queries, but it makes sense in a query filter IMHO. I encountered this and had to add a MUST clause on the Filter with a trivial field in order not to break the Filter returning zero documents. Isn't this a conceptual bug in the case of constructing a filter along a query? Regards Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]