--- Cormac Twomey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I raised this issue a while back but it went unanswered so I'm trying > again. > > Anyhow, FuzzyTermEnum.java appears to have two problems - > > 1) FuzzyTermEnum searches are case sensitive. Presumably this is not > as > designed? See bug #18014 for a candidate patch.
I think you are correct about this. I followed up to that bug report just now. > 2) The "Query Syntax" page on the website states in the "Fuzzy > Searches" > section, that: > > "Terms found by the fuzzy search will automatically get a boost > factor of 0.2" Hm, I am unable to find where this boost factor of 0.2 gets applied. Have you been able to find it? I was not the person who wrote the query syntax page, so I am not sure where that statement comes from. > I've found this not to be the case. In my previous email ( > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02819.html > > ) I documented a test case for this. Fuzzy matches appear for me > ahead > of some exact matches in some cases. As this is not as clear cut a > bug > as the case sensitivity issue, I didn't post this as a bug. > > > any feedback you have would be much appreciated. I think you should add the second issue to Bugzilla, if for no other reason then so it does not get lost. Thanks, Otis __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
