The QueryParser will handle input such as field1:value1 AND field2:value2 OR field3:value3, and will construct the appropriate term and boolean queries.
See Query Syntax page. Otis --- Rob Outar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looked at that already the format is this: > > public static Query parse(String query, > String[] fields, > Analyzer analyzer) > throws ParseExceptionParses a query which searches > on the > fields specified. > > If x fields are specified, this effectively constructs: > > > (field1:query) (field2:query) (field3:query)...(fieldx:query) > > my query "value" will not be the same. This lets u query multiple > field > with the same query, my query string will be different > > f_name = rob and l_name = outar or address = some value > > stuff like that. > > Plus there is no way of specifying OR and AND's. > > > Thanks, > > Rob O > -----Original Message----- > From: Kelvin Tan [mailto:kelvin-lists@;relevanz.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:42 AM > To: Lucene Users List > Subject: Re: Multiple field searches using AND and OR's > > > Rob, > > I believe MultiFieldQueryParser will do the job for you... > > Regards, > Kelvin > > > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 08:58:36 -0500, Rob Outar said: > >Hello all, > > > > I am wondering how I would do multiple field searches of the > form: > > > > field1 = value and field2 = value2 or field2 = value3 > > > >I am thinking that each one of the above would be a term query but > >how would I string them together with AND's and OR's? > > > >Any help would be appreciated. > > > >Thanks, > > > >Rob > > > >PS I found this in the FAQ, but I was wondering if there was any > >other way to do it: > > > >My documents have multiple fields, do I have to replicate a query > >for each of them ? > >Not necessarily. A simple solution is to index the documents using a > >general field that contains a concatenation of the content of all > >the searchable fields ('author', 'title', 'body' etc). This way, a > >simple query will search in entire document content. > > > >The disadvantage of this method is that you cannot boost certain > >fields relative to others. Note also the matches in longer documents > >results in lower ranking. > > > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:lucene-user- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: > ><mailto:lucene-user- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:lucene-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:lucene-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:lucene-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:lucene-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:lucene-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:lucene-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
