thanks!
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote: > > : How do I search for things that have no value or a specified value? > > Things with no value... > (*:* -fieldName:[* TO *]) > Things with a specific value... > fieldName:A > Things with no value or a specific value... > (*:* -fieldName:[* TO *]) fieldName:A > ..."or" if you aren't using "OR" as your default op.... > (*:* -fieldName:[* TO *]) OR fieldName:A > > : I have a few variations of: > : -fname:[* TO *] OR fname:(A B C) > > that is just syntacitic sugar for... > -fname:[* TO *] fname:(A B C) > > which is an empty set. > > you need to be explicit that the "exclude docs with a value in this field" > clause should applied to the "set of all documents" > > > -Hoss
