We're using the default installation. I have been through:
http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrQuerySyntax and http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/queryparsersyntax.html carefully but this appears to be a case unto itself! Cheers, Lyman Lyman Hurd Sr. Principal Engineer Interwoven, Inc. 404.264.8068 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit www.interwoven.com The Next-Generation Enterprise Content Management Company -----Original Message----- From: Gabriel Farrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:41 PM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: question about + and - in field queries On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:06:52PM -0700, Lyman Hurd wrote: > We are trying to use the "+" (mandatory) and "- "(forbidden) modifiers > in field queries but we do not seem to be getting what we expected. Which analyzer are you using? The StandardRequestHandler should give the results you are looking for, following http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrQuerySyntax . The DisMaxRequestHandler, on the other hand, respects "+" and "-" modifiers, but ignores field-specific searching. Gabriel