> 3.) Does grouping or nesting affect results with unary operators? Does > using unary operators with binary operators affect results. For example, > in the query: > > (+a +b) OR c > > has the "required" effect of the + (plus) operator been eliminated by > the OR operator, so that nevermind whether a record contains a or > contains b both of which supposedly are required, so long as it contains > c, it's a hit?
IMO, that's the only sensible way to handle unary operators. If they were global rather than nested, what would this query produce? (a AND -b) OR (b AND c) Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
