Sorry I didn't make myself clear at all. Remember you said that it is possible to do this:
> Sure. Convert your simple queries into span queries (which are also > relatively simple). Then, when you index everything in the "all" > field, subclass your analyzer to return a large PositionIncrementGap. > Explaining how this works with words is awkward, so.... > > doc.add("all", "one two three"); > doc.add("all", "four five six"); > doc.add("all", "seven eight nine"); > index the document. > > Assume you've implemented an analyzer that returns 1000 for > getPositionIncrementGap. > > Now, the term offsets in the single document will be one - 0 two - 1 > three - 2 four 1003 five 1004 six 1005 seven 2006 eight 2007 nine 2008 > > Now, if you use SpanNearQuery with a slop of 900 (i.e. "one nine"~900) > you won't get a match because the "distance" between one and nine is > more than 900. But "one three"~900 will match. > > It's possible to transform any query into a set of span queries, See > the thread "Multiword Highlighting" that Mark Miller and I were > exchanging ideas on recently. Be aware that the code we were talking > about has to have a modification when used on a "regular" index where > it pays attention to the document that each sub-clause comes. The > code, as written, assumes you're using a MemoryIndex for one and only > one document, so unless you need complex queries, I'd just think about > rewriting simple queries with ANDs as a SpanNearQuery. Well, what I meant was instead of using a gap of 1000 what I was thinking is could we not replace that gap of a 1000 characters with a ~. Then, if this is possible what I was wondering is whether there is a way of performing searches using the ~. Cheers Sachin -----Original Message----- From: Erick Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 February 2007 13:05 To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Search for a term in all fields I don't see what you're getting at. There are only two forms of a query term,,,, field:value value And the second is really the first with the default field you specified in the parser implied. So just think of all terms you specify in a query as field:term. Having some "special character" in the index doesn't help you because you still have to specify the field. And your two choices are still either a BooleanQuery that mentions all fields or indexing the data into a single field. Best Erick On 2/21/07, Kainth, Sachin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, here's my current thoughts on acheiveing this. Instead of > putting a 1000 space gap between elements of the 1ll field could I not > use a character that isn't used in the data such as ~ and then somehow > (don't know how) use that to search all fields? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hostetter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 February 2007 18:30 > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Search for a term in all fields > > > The information Erick gave you when you asked this question yesterday > is all very accurate -- the one addition i would make is that you > don't need SpanNear queries to take advantage of positionINcrimentGap > -- PhraseQueries do that to. > > Consolidating your fields into a single "all" field, or constructing a > BoolenQuery across all of your existing fields are really the two main > options -- each with their tradeoffs. > > http://www.nabble.com/Search-in-all-fields-tf3254569.html > > : Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:29:25 -0000 > : From: "Kainth, Sachin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > : Reply-To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > : To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > : Subject: Search for a term in all fields > : > : Hi all, > : > : How do I search for a term in all fields of a document? > : > : Cheers > : > : Sachin > : > : > : This email and any attached files are confidential and copyright > protected. If you are not the addressee, any dissemination of this > communication is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise expressly > agreed in writing, nothing stated in this communication shall be > legally binding. > : > : The ultimate parent company of the Atkins Group is WS Atkins plc. > Registered in England No. 1885586. Registered Office Woodcote Grove, > Ashley Road, Epsom, Surrey KT18 5BW. > : > : Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you > really need to. > : > > > > -Hoss > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses by MailControl - (see > http://bluepages.wsatkins.co.uk/?6875772) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]