Hi Kevin, Your description is rather generic... could you be more specific why you couldn't just create a BooleanQuery that searches across the searchable and keyword fields at the same time?
-Yonik Now hiring -- http://forms.cnet.com/slink?231706 On 10/26/05, Kevin L. Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been using Lucene happily for a couple of years now. But, this new > search functionality I'm trying to add is somewhat different that what > I'm used to doing. Would help if the smart folks on this list would > drive me in the right direction. > > I have several "searchable" fields and one keyword field in my index. I > usually work with EITHER the keyword or the searchable (non-keyword) > fields at a time, but this time I want to deal with them together. I > need to be able to do a term search in the "searchable" fields but at > the same time apply another term to the keyword field. > > At this point, I'm thinking that I'll need to do two distinct searches, > one using the search term in what I'm calling my searchable fields, and > the other using the other term in the keyword field. Then join the two > HIT lists together. > > Looking for some advice. > > Thanks, > > Kevin >