: if I search for name:"AR*", I get 1 result with the word AR in it, and the : following debug output. Seems like it is throwing out my wildcard.
it is. don't search for name:"AR*" ... that says you want to find any document contain the string "AR*" --eithout treaing the * as a special character (because it is in quotes) ... and then your analyzer says "let's lowercase that, and throw away trailing punctuation." what you want is name:AR* ... or more specificly, if you index words like "Arizona" search for name:Ar* -Hoss
