: No, as far as I know you can't combine wildcards in phrases. This would The QueryParser doesn't support it, and there is no native query type for it, but if you are willing to do the query expansion yourself, you can build a MultiPhraseQuery (where you generate the terms using a WildcardTermEnum)
alternately, you could use something like SpanRegexQuery in combination with a SpanNearQuery. ...lots of things are possible with Lucene Queries that just aren't possible with the QueryParser. -Hoss --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]