Dont use " * " in term.... Query query = new PrefixQuery(new Term("name","z"));
- Bhavin pandya ----- Original Message ----- From: Eshwaramoorthy Babu To: java-user@lucene.apache.org ; Bhavin Pandya Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:16 PM Subject: Re: Multiple character wildcard search Hi Bhavin, Thanks for your response. I tried the below Query query = new PrefixQuery(new Term("name", "Z*")); but it still the query returns 0 result. Also can you please tell me how to search form JAVA collection? Thanks, Babu On 12/4/06, Bhavin Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Babu, Use "PrefixQuery" and if you are looking for phrase also then "PhrasePrefixQuery"... check api for usage.... - Bhavin pandya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eshwaramoorthy Babu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: < java-user@lucene.apache.org> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:15 PM Subject: Multiple character wildcard search > Hi, > > > > Can anyone please tell me how to specify multiple character wildcard > searches in "Term" > > Below is my requirement > > > > 1) I want search all names that starts with Z (Z*) > > 2) My programme will receive list of names in JAVA collection (Vector or > ArrayList or Hashtable), I want to search for all the names which are not > there in the collection > > > > I have tried the below code to implement the 1st problem but the search > returns 0 result > > > > Analyzer analyzer = new WhitespaceAnalyzer(); > > boolean createFlag = true; > > ....... > > ....... > > ....... > > IndexSearcher searcher = new IndexSearcher(indexDir1); > > Query query = new TermQuery(new Term("name", "Z*")); > > > > When I execute teh above code the search is returning 0 Hits. > > If I give the full name "Zane" the search returns 1 Hits. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Babu > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]