thxs for your suggestion this is what i have written but it does not work
any suggestion on how to get it to work ?
System.out.print("will all of the words ");
String q1 = in.readLine();
System.out.print("without the words");
String q2 = in.readLine();
BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
Query matchall = QueryParser.parse(q1, "content", analyzer);
query.add(matchall, true, false);
Query exclude = QueryParser.parse( q2, "content" , analyzer);
query.add(exclude, false, true);
System.out.println("Searching for: " + query.toString("content"));
Hits hits = searcher.search(query);
System.out.println(hits.length() + " total matching documents ");
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lichtner, Guglielmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Lucene Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 4:04 PM
Subject: RE: how to join 2 queries togther
>
> I'm a newbie, but I could suggest this:
>
> BooleanQuery bq = new BooleanQuery();
> bq.add(firstQuery, true, false);
> bq.add(secondQuery, false, true);
>
> That should make the first query required, and the second
> one prohibited, which is like saying "+firstQuery -secondQuery"
>
> I haven't tried this myself but I did try this for an either/or
combination,
> and it does work for me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 10:54 AM
> To: Lucene User
> Subject: how to join 2 queries togther
>
>
> hi all
>
> I have a method which takes in a normal query breaks into token and places
+
> in front it
> I have a second method which does the same instead puts a - sign front the
> token
>
> the reason i have done this is so that the user do not need to add + and -
> signs by themselfs and also I cound
> not get the booleanQuery to work
>
> this makes it so that i have 2 queries
>
> 1) a file must contain all these words
> 2) a file must exclude this words
>
> my question is how do join these 2 queries togther so it filters out words
> that i want and do not want ?
>
> Alex
>
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