On Friday 23 October 2009 09:36:02 am AHMET ARSLAN wrote:
>
> --- On Fri, 10/23/09, Dan A. Dickey <dan.dic...@savvis.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Dan A. Dickey <dan.dic...@savvis.net>
> > Subject: help with how to search using spaces in the query for string
> > fields...
> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> > Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 5:12 PM
> > I'm having a problem with figuring
> > out how to search for things
> > that have spaces (just a single space character) in them.
> > For example, I have a field named "FileName" and it is of
> > type string.
> > I've indexed a couple of documents, that have field
> > FileName
> > equal to "File 10 10AM" and another that has FileName "File
> > 11 11AM".
> > In my search query, I'm trying "Filename:(File 1*)" and I'd
> > like to it
> > return both documents. It return none.
> > If I search for "Filename:(File*)" I get both of them and
> > everything else.
> > I've tried lots of different ways to form the query, but
> > the only thing
> > that returns any documents is the "FileName:(File*)"
> > form. Anything
> > else with an actual space in it fails.
> > This has got to be another simple thing that I'm missing,
> > but haven't
> > figured it out yet nor stumbled upon the correct search
> > query.
> > Help please! The above scenario is an example, but I
> > am using
> > the string field type.
> > -Dan
>
> You need to escape space. Try this one : Filename:(File\ 1*)
Ahmet,
When I first saw your suggestion - I thought - I tried that. It didn't work.
I went and did it again - it works beautifully! Evidently, I *did not* try it.
You're a genius! Thank you again!
-Dan
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