Re: Wildcard vs Term query

2007-09-26 Thread Erik Hatcher
s produced by Wildcard/Fuzzy Queries. If this limit is exceeded (e.g when searching for something like "a*" ) then an exception is thrown. Cheers Mark - Original Message From: John Byrne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, 26 September, 2

Re: Wildcard vs Term query

2007-09-26 Thread John Byrne
dnesday, 26 September, 2007 9:48:17 AM Subject: Wildcard vs Term query Hi, I'm working my way through the Lucene In Action book, and there is one thing I need explained that I didn't find there; While wildcard queries are potentially slower than ordinary term queries, are they slowe

Re: Wildcard vs Term query

2007-09-26 Thread mark harwood
48:17 AM Subject: Wildcard vs Term query Hi, I'm working my way through the Lucene In Action book, and there is one thing I need explained that I didn't find there; While wildcard queries are potentially slower than ordinary term queries, are they slower even if theyt don't con

Wildcard vs Term query

2007-09-26 Thread John Byrne
Hi, I'm working my way through the Lucene In Action book, and there is one thing I need explained that I didn't find there; While wildcard queries are potentially slower than ordinary term queries, are they slower even if theyt don't contain a wildcard? Significantly slower? The reason I a