: I don't understand why i'm getting this behavior. I was under the : impression if I search for "Apple 2" (with quotes and space before “2”) : it will give me different results vs. if I search for "Apple2" (with : quotes and no space before “2”), but I'm not! Why?
if you search "Apple 2" in quotes, then the analyzer for your field gets the full string (with the space) and whatever it does with it and whatever Terms it produces determs what Query gets executed. If you search "Apple2" (w/ or w/o quotes) then the analyzer for your field gets the full string and whatever it does with it and whatever Terms it produces determs what Query gets executed. None of that changes based on the analyzer you use. With that in mind: i relaly don't understand your question. Let's step back and instead of trying to explain *why* you are getting the results you are getting (short answer: because that's how your analyzer works) let's ask the quetsion: what do you *want* to do? What do you *want* to see happen when you enter various query strings? http://people.apache.org/~hossman/#xyproblem XY Problem Your question appears to be an "XY Problem" ... that is: you are dealing with "X", you are assuming "Y" will help you, and you are asking about "Y" without giving more details about the "X" so that we can understand the full issue. Perhaps the best solution doesn't involve "Y" at all? See Also: http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=542341 : I’m using Solr 1.2 PS: Solr 1.2 had numerous bugs which were really really bad and which were fixed in Solr 1.3. Solr 1.3 had numerous bugs where were really really bad and were fixed in Solr 1.4. Solr 1.4 had a couple of bugs where really really bad and which were fixed in Solr 1.4.1 ... so even if you don't want any of hte new features, you should *REALLY* consider upgrading. -Hoss
