Or if synonyms are involved, which they likely aren't in this case..... although for name matching I'd think one would want them, perhaps on another copy of the name field to allow strict vs. "nickname" matching.
Otis Solr & ElasticSearch Support http://sematext.com/ On Jan 8, 2013 9:35 AM, "Shawn Heisey" <s...@elyograg.org> wrote: > On 1/8/2013 7:30 AM, Michael Jones wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> What would be the best fieldtype for a persons name? at the moment I'm >> using text_general but, if I search for bob smith, some results I get back >> might be rob thomas. In that it's matched 'ob'. >> >> But I only really want results that are either >> >> 'bob smith' >> 'bob, smith' >> 'smith, bob' >> 'smith bob' >> > > A search for bob smith could only match rob thomas if the fieldtype > includes the edge ngram filter, or if you do a fuzzy term search, or if the > fieldtype includes a stemming filter that turns bob, robert, and rob into > the same root word. Eliminate all those things and it should work like you > expect. > > Thanks, > Shawn > >
