Larry, the patch for that is already in JIRA, the issue-tracking system, and might be committed soon.
Otis ----- Original Message ---- From: "Fillion, Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 1:58:04 PM Subject: Wildcard Search and "Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search" Documentation: http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/queryparsersyntax.html WildCard Searches Lucene supports single and multiple character wildcard searches. To perform a single character wildcard search use the "?" symbol. To perform a multiple character wildcard search use the "*" symbol. ... Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search. I have a business requirement to search for terms with a wildcard at the beginning "*ext". Is there a reason why this is not supported? Can I easily modify the code to allow this feature or is it a major change? Is there a some other way to do this? I could perform 26 queries a*ext b*ext c*ext d*ext ... and rolling them up but I am guessing there should be a better way. Thank you, Larry --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
