Thanks to all that responded! This did the trick. I used admin/analysis.jsp to determine how solr indexed my data and how solr parses my query. I used a QueryParser and applied the same filters to my query, and now my results match exactly.
Thanks again! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bertrand Delacretaz > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:00 PM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: strange results from lucene > > On 4/17/07, Bill Tantzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ...However, when I search with 'q=ethics' in solr, I get > almost 10,000 matches. > > With my client, I get 0.... > > What kind of analyzer do you use when indexing that field? If > you have a stemmer, for example, "ethics" might be indexed > without the ending "s". > > The best way to debug such problems is with the analyzer admin tool: > http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/analysis.jsp - that page > will show you how your field is processed while indexing. > > HTH, > -Bertrand >