query for non-existence of fields

[Sam Jiang]

Hi

I'm struggling to figure out a way to query for the non-existence of some
fields. e.g. matches all documents that doesn't contain field X

I tried:
        BooleanQuery q = new BooleanQuery();
        q.add(new BooleanClause(
                new TermQuery(new Term("fieldName", "*")),
                Occur.MUST_NOT));

but then I realized the javadoc says it's impossible to query with a mere
MUST_NOT clause


A workaround I can think of is to add stub fields of name "", but this
increases the size of the index =/

any suggestions are welcome

thanks



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