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Searching without a specified field
I would like to build a search that takes a string and parses it, then
uses that string to search all fields available in the index. Is that
possible without building up a huge boolean query of all my fields? I
may not know the field names at runtime.
Thanks,
Patrick
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Re: Searching without a specified field
Posted by Patrick Burleson <pb...@gmail.com>.
Erik,
Thank you for the fast response. After reading through the FAQ and
JavaDoc, it appears that it what I really want to do.
Patrick
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:08:03 -0400, Erik Hatcher
<er...@ehatchersolutions.com> wrote:
> I suggest you aggregate all the text you want searchable into a single
> field during indexing. Then search that field at query time instead.
>
> The alternative is to build up a (potentially huge) BooleanQuery using
> that string for each field. The MultiFieldQueryParser can do this, but
> its not pretty and I'm not fond of it.
>
> Erik
>
>
>
> On Aug 11, 2004, at 2:30 PM, Patrick Burleson wrote:
>
> > I would like to build a search that takes a string and parses it, then
> > uses that string to search all fields available in the index. Is that
> > possible without building up a huge boolean query of all my fields? I
> > may not know the field names at runtime.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Patrick
> >
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Re: Searching without a specified field
Posted by Erik Hatcher <er...@ehatchersolutions.com>.
I suggest you aggregate all the text you want searchable into a single
field during indexing. Then search that field at query time instead.
The alternative is to build up a (potentially huge) BooleanQuery using
that string for each field. The MultiFieldQueryParser can do this, but
its not pretty and I'm not fond of it.
Erik
On Aug 11, 2004, at 2:30 PM, Patrick Burleson wrote:
> I would like to build a search that takes a string and parses it, then
> uses that string to search all fields available in the index. Is that
> possible without building up a huge boolean query of all my fields? I
> may not know the field names at runtime.
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
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