I have a couple questions about implementing an autocomplete function in solr. Here's my scenario:
I have a name field that usually contains two or three names. For instance, let's suppose it contains: John Alfred Smith Alfred Johnson John Quincy Adams Fred Jones I'd like to have the autocomplete be case insensitive and match any of the names, preferably just at the beginning. In other words, if the user types "alf", I want John Alfred Smith Alfred Johnson if the user types "fre", I want Fred Jones but not: John Alfred Smith Alfred Johnson I can get the matches using the text_lu analyzer, but the hints that are returned are lower case, and only one name. If I use the "string" analyzer, I get the entire name like I want it, but the user must match the case, that is, must type "Alf", and it only matches the first name, not the middle name. How can I get the matches of the "text_lu" analyzer, but get the hints like the "string" analyzer? Thanks, Paul
