Hi,
Check out the wiki page on the SynonymFilterFactory. It gives a decent explantion on the subject. The backslash is just for escaping otherwise meaningful characters. [1]:http://wiki.apache.org/solr/AnalyzersTokenizersTokenFilters#solr.SynonymFilterFactory Cheers, On Thursday 18 March 2010 17:10:56 Mark Fletcher wrote: > Hi, > > Just needed some help to understand the following synonym mappings:- > > 1. aaa => aaaa > does it mean:- > if the user queries for aaa it is replaced with aaaa and documents > matching aaaa are searched for > or does it mean > if the user queries for aaa, documents with aaa as well as aaaa > are looked for > > > 2. bbb => bbbb1 bbbb2 > does it mean that if the user queries for bbb, SOLR will look for > documents that contain bbbb1 bbbb2 > > > 3. ccc => cccc1,cccc2 > does it mean that if the user queries for ccc, SOLR will look for > documents that contain cccc1 or cccc2 > > 4. a\=>a => b\=>b > First of all my doubt is what does the "\" do there. Does it have > any special significance. > Can someone help me interpret the above > > 5. a\,a => b\,b > Can some one help me with this also > > 6. fooaaa,baraaa,bazaaa > does this mean that if any of fooaaa or baraaa or bazaaa comes > as the search keyword, SOLR will look for documents that contain > fooaaa > > 7. abc def rose\, atlas method, NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD > does this mean a query for any of the above 3 will always be > replaced by a query for abc def rose\ > > Can some one pls extend some help at your earliest convenience. > > Thank you. > Mark. > Markus Jelsma - Technisch Architect - Buyways BV http://www.linkedin.com/in/markus17 050-8536620 / 06-50258350
