This query *-HOSTNAME:ram AND SEVERITY:information *gets translated as * +(-HOSTNAME:ram)+(SEVERITY:information)*. I get the intended results when I remove the first plus in the above statement, ie * (-HOSTNAME:ram)+(SEVERITY:information)*
Thanks Ian and Erick. I am getting a couple of ideas from your links and planning a workaround. Will update this thread once I am done. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com>wrote: > The first thing you should do is enumerate what you expect and what you > get. > We have no way of knowing what expectations of yours are not being met. > > Here's an interesting blog you might want to read: > http://searchhub.org/dev/2011/12/28/why-not-and-or-and-not/ > > Best > Erick > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Ramprakash Ramamoorthy > <youngestachie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Take a look at this query : > > > > -HOSTNAME:ram AND SEVERITY:information > > > > The above query isn't giving me the intended results. I know we need to > > append a * : * to a query that it is totally negative, also I found that > > the above case could be solved by appending a * : * to the HOSTNAME > search > > criteria, but it might be a serious performance crunch, since my > > application gets search queries from the end user directly. > > > > How do I go about this and help me arrive at an optimal solution please! > > P.S : Have posted this query at stackoverflow as well > > > > -- > > With Thanks and Regards, > > Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, > > Engineer Trainee, > > Zoho Corporation. > > +91 9626975420 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > -- With Thanks and Regards, Ramprakash Ramamoorthy, Engineer Trainee, Zoho Corporation. +91 9626975420
