I think his problem is, that "SYN" is a synonym for the phrase "WORD1 WORD2". Using these positions, a phrase like "SYN WORD2" would also match (or other problems in queries that depend on order of words).
Uwe ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael McCandless [mailto:luc...@mikemccandless.com] > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 4:07 PM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Re: Indexing synonyms for multiple words > > > Shouldn't WORD2's position be 1 more than your SYN? > > Ie, don't you want these positions?: > > WORD1 2 > WORD2 3 > SYN 2 > > The position is the starting position of the token; Lucene doesn't > store an ending position > > Mike > > Sumukh wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm fairly new to Lucene. I'd like to know how we can index synonyms > > for > > multiple words. > > > > This is the scenario: > > > > Consider a sentence: AAA BBB WORD1 WORD2 EEE FFF GGG. > > > > Now assume the two words combined WORD1 WORD2 can be replaced by > > another > > word SYN. > > > > If I place SYN after WORD1 with positionIncrement set to 0, WORD2 will > > follow SYN, > > which is incorrect; and the other way round if I place it after WORD2. > > > > If any of you have solved a similar problem, I'd be thankful if you > > could > > share some light on > > the solution. > > > > Regards, > > Sumukh > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
