Re: Help me understand query syntax of subqueries

2010-06-01 Thread Chris Hostetter
: Any idea why this query returns 0 records: : "sexual assault" AND (-obama) : while this one returns 1400 ? : "sexual assault" AND -(obama) in the first one, the parans create a boolean query consisting of a single negated clause -- but pure negative boolean queries (ie: boolean queries

Help me understand query syntax of subqueries

2010-05-25 Thread Tigi Scramble
Any idea why this query returns 0 records: "sexual assault" AND (-obama) while this one returns 1400 ? "sexual assault" AND -(obama) Some debug info: "sexual assault" AND (-obama), translates to: +text:"sexual assault" +(-text:obama), returns 0 records "sexual assault" AND -(obama), tr