Thanks for the hint. You are right: Both queries are identical after parsing.
>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >>> Von: Upayavira [mailto:u...@odoko.co.uk] >>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 28. November 2012 12:04 >>> An: solr-user@lucene.apache.org >>> Betreff: Re: Preferred query notation for alternative field values >>> >>> Use debugQuery=true to see the format of the parsed query. >>> >>> Solr will parse the query that you provide into Lucene Query objects, which >>> are >>> then used to execute the query. The parsed query info provided by >>> debugQuery=true is basically these Query objects converted back into a >>> string >>> representation, showing exactly what the query was parsed into. >>> >>> I bet you they are both parsed to more or less the same thing, and thus no >>> real >>> impact on query time. >>> >>> Upayavira >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Charra, Johannes wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi all, >>> > >>> > Is there any reason to prefer a query >>> > >>> > field:value1 OR field:value2 OR field:value3 OR field:value4 >>> > >>> > over >>> > >>> > field:(value1 OR value2 OR value3 OR value4) >>> > >>> > in terms of performance? From what I perceive, there is no difference, >>> > so I'd prefer the second query for readability reasons. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > Johannes
