Hi, It sounds like if you put those 4 chars in a separate field at index time you could apply your logic on that at search time.
Otis ---- Sematext :: http://sematext.com/ :: Solr - Lucene - Nutch Lucene ecosystem search :: http://search-lucene.com/ ----- Original Message ---- > From: Daniel Baughman <da...@hostworks.com> > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 12:34:54 PM > Subject: Newb query question > > Is there a way to perform string logic on the key field using a subquery or > some other method. > > > > IE. If the left 4 characters of the key are ABCD, then include or exclude > those from the search. > > > > Here is the "laymans" pseudo code for what I'm wanting to do: > > > > *:* AND LEFT(KEY, 4) <> 'abcd' > > > > Anyone know that one? > >