Re: Re: Re: Lucene search problem

2008-12-23 Thread tom
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Re: Re: Lucene search problem

2008-12-23 Thread tom
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Re: Lucene search problem

2008-12-23 Thread amar . sannaik
Dec 23, 2008 at 12:04 AM, Aaron Schon > > wrote: > > > > > I would second Erick's recommendation - create an arbitrary > > representation > > > for NULL such as "NULL" (if you are certain the term "NULL" does not > > occur > > > in actual

Re: Lucene search problem

2008-12-23 Thread Erick Erickson
ur > > in actual docs. Alternatively, use "NULLNULNULLNULL" or something to that > > effect. > > > > > > > > - Original Message > > From: Erick Erickson > > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:58:21

Re: Lucene search problem

2008-12-23 Thread amar . sannaik
e > From: Erick Erickson > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:58:21 AM > Subject: Re: Lucene search problem > > Try searching the mailing list archives for a fuller discussion, but > the short answer is usually to index an unique value for you

Re: Lucene search problem

2008-12-22 Thread Aaron Schon
From: Erick Erickson To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 8:58:21 AM Subject: Re: Lucene search problem Try searching the mailing list archives for a fuller discussion, but the short answer is usually to index an unique value for your "null" entries, then

Re: Lucene search problem

2008-12-22 Thread Erick Erickson
Try searching the mailing list archives for a fuller discussion, but the short answer is usually to index an unique value for your "null" entries, then search on that, something totally outrageous like, say AAABBBCCCDDDEEEFFF. Alternatively, you could create, at startup time, a Filter of all the d