George, The QueryParser does toLowerCase() on WildcardQueries by default. Hence you'd need to follow Daniel's advice to use
QueryParser's setLowercaseWildcardTerms(false) if you wanted IM* to stay IM* Cheers, René -- Supergünstige DSL-Tarife + WLAN-Router für 0,- EUR* Jetzt zu GMX wechseln und sparen http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]