Hi, I guess it is with your analyzer. What is the analyzer you are using? If it is StandardAnalyzer it drops words like "a", "the", etc. You can use the SimpleAnalyzer and check.
(I am not very sure because I am also new to Lucene :) On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 10:04 AM, SoupErman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As in the subject title, it seems the word 'not' is being excluded from my > searches. Note the lowercase, it isn't being treated as the boolean > operator > 'NOT'. For example, given the query "sticks not stones", it parses it as > "+keywords:stick +keywords:stone". Whereas if I use the query "sticks NOT > stones", it parses it as "+keywords:stick -keywords:stone". > > Is there a config file or something that lets you set terms to > exclude/include? I'm using the Lucene/Solr combination. I've looked through > the docs and code as much as I can and can't figure out why that particular > term 'not' is being dropped. > > Any help is greatly appreciated :) > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Lucene-excluding-%27not%27-from-search-terms-tp18824451p18824451.html > Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Kalani Ruwanpathirana Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Moratuwa
