Hello and thanks for the response. Yes the title should have been values. I'll take at look at the link you provided.
Thanks again! Erick Erickson wrote: > > You have to escape it in a query. And did you mean to title your > post as field *names*? because I can't imagine how that would > work. Field *values*, sure.... > > See http://lucene.apache.org/java/docs/queryparsersyntax.html, > search for "escape" > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:54 PM, samd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> It appears if a search field value entered contains a ':' causes some >> issues >> since if I have a field named >> >> a.b.c and the user enters a value of foo the constructed query through >> the >> api generates something like >> +a.b.c:foo >> >> If they enter in a value of foo:bar >> >> I get +foo:bar where foo is substituted for the correct fieldname. >> >> What is the best way to deal with this? >> >> Thanks. >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Field-names-with-%3A-in-it.-tp19845142p19845142.html >> Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Field-names-with-%3A-in-it.-tp19845142p19846712.html Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
