> > It does sound very strange to me, to default to a WildCardQuery! Suppose I > am looking for "bold", I am getting hits for "old".
I know - but that's what the requirements dictate. A better example might be a MAC or IP address, where someone might be searching for a string in the middle - like, I might search for "102" to get "192.168.102.151" and " 192.168.102.200" as results.