i just wanted to mention that wildcardquery (forget queryparser) has no way to allow for an escaped character such as * or ? that is also an operator:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-588 On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote: > Mybe you simply don't use QueryParser for such types of Queries and > instantiate TermQuery, BooleanQuery, WildCard, Prefix by hand. Then you > don't need to take care of syntax, you create unambiguous objects. > > ----- > Uwe Schindler > H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen > http://www.thetaphi.de > eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: frueskens [mailto:fruesk...@ricoh-europe.com] > > Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 12:44 PM > > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: searching for wildcard as valid character > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > I have to solve the following problem but without success yet. > > > > We need to search for a content in a field 'name' that contains the > wildcard > > symbol appearing somewhere in a string. E.g. indexed string "1234*abc". > > The query should ignore all others that does not contain this symbol. > > A query like "name:*\**" does not work - it finds everything. > > > > Although if I would search for a symbol like '[' (which is also part of > the query > > syntax) in "1234[abc" using the query "name:*\[*" finds exactly the > indexed > > string. > > > > BTW: the string "1234*abc" was indexed as is - checked with Luke > > > > Any clue? > > Thanks > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/searching-for-wildcard-as-valid- > > character-tp921791p921791.html > > Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > -- Robert Muir rcm...@gmail.com
