Use of "+" and "-" in queries

[Bill Tschumy <bi...@otherwise.com>]

I don't understand the difference in using + and - in queries compared 
to using AND and NOT.  Even the Query Syntax document seems a bit 
confused.  In the section on the NOT operator it says:

 > To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not 
"jakarta lucene" use the query:
 >
 > 
  

Re: Use of "+" and "-" in queries

[Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>]

Hi Bill,

No difference, it's just that Lucene's query syntax recognizes both
'NOT' and '-' and uses them the same way - to exclude certain documents
from sesrch results.

Otis

--- Bill Tschumy <bi...@otherwise.com> wrote:

> I don't understand the difference in using + and - in queries
> compared 
> to using AND and NOT.  Even the Query Syntax document seems a bit 
> confused.  In the section on the NOT operator it says:
> 
>  > To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not 
> "jakarta lucene" use the query:
>  >
>  > 
>   > "jakarta apache" NOT "jakarta lucene"
>  >
> 
> Then in the section on the - operator you read this:
> 
>  > To search for documents that contain "jakarta apache" but not 
> "jakarta lucene" use the query:
>  >
>  > 
>   > "jakarta apache" -"jakarta lucene"
>  >
> 
> So what's the difference?
> 
> -- 
> Bill Tschumy
> Otherwise -- Austin, TX
> http://www.otherwise.com
> 
> >
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