Couldn't one write a custom filter that modified the inbound term semantics before doing the search? Then, wildcard behavior can be added to terms without doing query string splicing.
> You might take a look at Ngrams. These can be used to find partial > matches without resorting to wildcards, although they may add to > your index size... > > Best > Erick > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Dirk Reske <d...@studiorga.de> wrote: > >> No, we don't want to user to write the * itself. >> And seperate fields for the first and the last name are also not >> acceptable. >> >> Image all the social networks, where you type a part of a name into the >> textbox, and get all people whose names (first or last) contains one of >> your searched words. The user should not be thinking about...just doing >> it. >> >> Dirk >> >> On Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:00:08 +0530, findbestopensource >> <findbestopensou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Yes. Correct. It would be good, If User inputs the search string with >> *. >> > >> > My Idea is to index two fields separately first name and last name. >> Provide >> > two text boxes with first name and last name. Leave the rest to the >> User. >> > >> > Regrads >> > Aditya >> > www.findbestopensource.com >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Dirk Reske <d...@studiorga.de> wrote: >> > >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> we are quite new to lucene. >> >> At first we want to create a simple user search for our web >> application. >> >> My first thought was to map die 'display name' (= firstname + >> lastname) >> to >> >> a single field (analysed but not stored) >> >> and to put the database id of the user to a stored, not analysed >> field >> (but >> >> indexed). >> >> >> >> Then the user should have a simple text box, where he should be able >> to >> >> write the whole name, parts of the name etc... >> >> So a search for "jo do" should also return the user "John Doe". How >> to >> >> create the query? >> >> >> >> My first solution was to tokenize the string using whitespaces an add >> an >> * >> >> to each word and then concatenate all the words and use the query >> parser, >> >> so that the search string would be "jo* do*"...but then I've read, >> that >> I >> >> should not programmaticly construct a string and use the queryparser. >> >> >> >> So what is the right way? >> >> >> >> Greets >> >> Dirk >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dirk Reske >> Vogelsangstr. 24 >> 18437 Stralsund >> >> mail: d...@studiorga.de >> mobile: +(49) 1522 2104741 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
