Hi, Thanks for responding. The actual data is ARIZONA, and so I have to look for it with the query AR*. I can take out the quotes, but then it doesn't find anything. Abin
On Jan 11, 2008 1:33 AM, Chris Hostetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > : 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 > >