There is an option to turn leading wildcards on, see QueryParser. All the usual caveats about TooManyClauses apply....
Best Erick On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:59 AM, <joseph.syj...@ph.lawson.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We have a business requirement that needs Lucene to search similar to > contains (of SQL) such that we can have something like *ucen* which should > return lucene and lucent ... unfortunately wildcards are not allowed at the > start of the search keyword - how should I go about this? Is this possible > in Lucene? Is this advisable (some forums suggest this is a huge performance > hit)? > > Thanks for all the help > > *"XP is making a bet. It is betting that it is better to do a simple > thing today and pay a little more tomorrow to change it if it needs it, than > to do a more complicated thing today that may never be used anyway" - > Extreme Programming Explained, Embrace Change* > > Best Regards, > * > Joseph F. Syjuco* > Team Lead > M3 Alpha - e-Commerce > __________________________________ > Lawson PSSC, Inc. > 4th Floor, One World Square Building > Upper McKinley Road, Taguig City 1634 > Philippines > > Work: +63 (2) 976-3600 loc 79396 > Mobile: +63 (917) 855-3436 > Web: *http://www.lawson.com* <http://www.lawson.com/> > Email: *joseph.syj...@lawson.com* <joseph.syj...@lawson.com> > > *-------------------- Internet e-Mail Disclaimer --------------------* > > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. > If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, > disclosure, copying or distribution of the information is prohibited. In > such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by > reply e-mail. The views expressed in this e-mail and any attachments are > personal and, unless stated explicitly, do not represent the views of Lawson > Software, Inc. >
