Re: WordDelimiterFilter removes ampersands

2012-07-04 Thread Stephen Lacy
solr.**PatternReplaceCharFilterFactor**y is a brilliant idea, thanks so much :) On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Jack Krupansky wrote: > That's a perfectly reasonable request. But, WDF doesn't have such a > feature. > > Maybe what is needed is a distinct "ampersand filter" that runs before WDF >

Re: WordDelimiterFilter removes ampersands

2012-07-04 Thread Jack Krupansky
That's a perfectly reasonable request. But, WDF doesn't have such a feature. Maybe what is needed is a distinct "ampersand filter" that runs before WDF and detects ampersands that are likely shorthands for "and" and expands them. It would also need to be able to detect "AT&T" (capital letter be