There will always be edge cases and the parser cannot be all things to
all people. Most applications have an application layer that create
the actual Solr query, and that is where you'll have to handle this
one.
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
>
> On 13.06.2010, at 17:20
On 13.06.2010, at 17:20, Erick Erickson wrote:
> << work on my end to handle dash both as a special and as a normal char.>>>
>
> And how would the code know? You're essentially asking for DWIM (Do What I
> Mean) functionality, which I've been awaiting for many years
>
> It seems a reasonabl
<<>>
I don't think so. Removing would mean that the same exact match search would
match documents with and without hyphens. I.e. searching for "my - way"
would match either
original content of "my way" or "my - way". Whereas escaping the hyphen
would cause only the correct exact match to be returne
On 13.06.2010, at 16:57, Erick Erickson wrote:
> Have you tried escaping the dashes? Your dismax definition
> and the output from the analysis admin page would also help.
sure .. escaping ends up being the same as removing. but i guess it would be
the better approach of course. but still is th
Have you tried escaping the dashes? Your dismax definition
and the output from the analysis admin page would also help.
Best
Erick
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using dismax on solr 1.4 and I am running into an issue with fields
> that contain dash char
Hi,
I am using dismax on solr 1.4 and I am running into an issue with fields that
contain dash chars:
Foo-Bar - Company
Now if someone searches for exactly "Foo-Bar - Company" the resulting dismax
query would disallow "Company" when trying to find a match.
Obviously I could just ignore all "-"
