Well, it's the one I'd use. Whether it's the best or not is...er...not so certain <G>.
Erick On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Kelvin Foo Chuan Lyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks... that's what I thought of ... but was wondering if that was the > best method to do so... i guess it is then... :) > > > > > On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Erick Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > One of my favorite quotes from Roger Zelazny... "postulating > > infinity, the rest is easy". > > > > In this case, "infinity" is how you break up your query. The easy part > is > > making your search return what you want. > > > > Assuming you know that you want "greatest" and > > "hits" to go against the title field and "beatles" to > > go against description, your query looks something > > like: > > > > +title:greatest +title:hits +description:beatles > > > > But knowing you want to break up the query like that is the hard part. > > > > Sometimes you can make it work well enough by submitting all > > terms against both fields with an OR clause, something like: > > > > title:(+greatest +hits +beatles) description:(+greatest +hits +beatles) > > (note, OR is implied between title and description) > > > > which would not work in your case. Another technique is to dump > > all the words into a single uber-field *as well as* your individual > > fields, so the search > > uber:(+greatest +hits +beatles) would work for you. Note that if > > you index (but do NOT store) the uber field and store (but do NOT index) > > the text and description fields, your index stays about the same > size..... > > > > Anyway, you need to carefully define how your searches *should* work, > > then define your index structure IMO. > > > > Best > > Erick > > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Kelvin Foo Chuan Lyi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > > > I'm new to lucene and have a question on how to create a query for the > > > following example... Say I have two fields, Title and Description, > with > > > the > > > following data > > > > > > Item 1 > > > Title: The greatest hits > > > Description : Collection of the best music from The Beatles. > > > > > > Item 2 > > > Title: U2 collections > > > Description : Greatest hits collection of U2 > > > > > > > > > In my search, I want to search for 'greatest hits beatles'. The result > > > should return only Item 1.. how should the query looks like?? > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sayonara, > > > Kelvin > > > > > > > > > -- > Sayonara, > Kelvin >
