Hi Jason , yes , the doc'n does mention escaping . but thats only for special characters used in queries , right ? but i've tried 'escaping' too. to answer ur question , am sure it is not HTTP request which is eating it up.
Query query = MultiFieldQueryParser.parse("test/s", "value", analyzer); query has "value:test" am using StandardAnalyzer On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:53:39 +1100, Jason Polites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lucene doco mentions escaping, but doesn't include the "/" char... > > ------ > Lucene supports escaping special characters that are part of the query > syntax. The current list special characters are > > + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ > > To escape these character use the \ before the character. For example to > search for (1+1):2 use the query: > > \(1\+1\)\:2 > ------ > > You could try escaping it anyway? > > Are you sure it's not an HTTP request which is screwing with the parameter? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robinson Raju" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lucene Users List" <lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 5:42 PM > Subject: Searching with words that contain % , / and the like > > > Hi , > > > > Is there a way to search for words that contain "/" or "%" . > > if my query is "test/s" , it is just taken as "test" > > if my query is "test/p" , it is just taken as "test p" > > has anyone done this / faced such an issue ? > > > > Regards > > Robin > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- Regards, Robin 9886394650 "The merit of an action lies in finishing it to the end" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]