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The answer is: NOT <query term> queries are not permitted.
Otis
--- Aruna Raghavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> In Lucene documentation, the query syntax is defined as follows:
> Syntax:
> Query ::= Clause ( [ Conjunction ] Clause ) *
>
> Where:
> Clause ::= [ Modifier ] [ FieldName ':' ] BasicClause
> Modifier ::= '-' | '+' | '!' | 'NOT'
> BasicClause ::= ( Term | Phrase | | PrefixQuery '('
> Query ')'
> PrefixQuery ::= Term '*'
> Term ::= <a-word-or-token-to-match>
> Phrase ::= '"' Term * '"'
>
> Conjunction ::= 'AND' | 'OR' | '||'
>
> -----------------------------
>
> If I try a search using "NOT sometext" it does not work. Is
> it not supported? I think I am following the syntax according to the
> documentation. I am trying to get all documents that do not have a
> given
> word.
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
>
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