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Posted to java-user@lucene.apache.org by Minh Kama Yie <mi...@nuix.com.au> on 2002/08/08 09:17:04 UTC

performing NOT queries

Hi all,

I'm relatively new to Lucene so this question may seem a little obvious but I'm having some problems which may be a result of a misunderstanding on my part.

A description of my problem is as follows:

I have indexed 30 documents and then create a BooleanQuery as follows:

BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", myFieldName, myAnalyzer), true, false);

I then execute it against the indexes and receive 25 documents back.

So I was to then execute the a boolean query constructed like:

BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), true, true);

I _should_ get the other 5 right?

Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance guys, you guys do awesome work.

Regards,

Minh Kama Yie

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Re: performing NOT queries

Posted by Minh Kama Yie <mi...@nuix.com.au>.
My apologies, I should have pointed out the section in the FAQ that says
otherwise to your suggestion:

Also, I am using 1.2 Final.

The FAQ answer was for question 9 in the "Searching" section.

The query it intends to do is: ('aaa' or 'bbb') and 'ddd') but not the
phrase 'happy dog'

The structure it suggests is:
  BooleanQuery

    BooleanQuery (required)

       BooleanQuery (Required)
          TermQuery 'aaa'
          Term 'bbb'

       BooleanQuery (Required)
          TermQuery 'ddd'

    PhraseQuery (prohibited, required)
       Term 'happy'
       Term 'dog'


----- Original Message -----
From: "Minh Kama Yie" <mi...@nuix.com.au>
To: "Lucene Users List" <lu...@jakarta.apache.org>; <ns...@bayt.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: performing NOT queries


> Hi Nader,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply!
>
> Yeah, I read that in the javadoc, but the FAQ seems to say otherwise (it
> says to set both prohibited AND required flags).
>
> I have also tried setting only the prohibited flag (as you are suggesting)
> but that doesn't return any results either. I have also tried using
> QueryParser. I simply added "NOT " in front of my term. That didn't work
> either.
>
> I am correct in assuming that my intended NOT query will return 5 rows?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nader S. Henein" <ns...@bayt.net>
> To: "Lucene Users List" <lu...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 6:32 PM
> Subject: RE: performing NOT queries
>
>
> > in the Lucene JAVADOC you see this :
> > /*
> > public final void add(Query query,
> >                       boolean required,
> >                       boolean prohibited)Adds a clause to a boolean
query.
> > Clauses may be:
> > required which means that documents which do not match this sub-query
will
> > not match the boolean query;
> > prohibited which means that documents which do match this sub-query will
> not
> > match the boolean query; or
> > neither, in which case matched documents are neither prohibited from nor
> > required to match the sub-query.
> >
> > It is an error to specify a clause as both required and prohibited.
> > */
> >
> > and you see that the last line states that "It is an error to specify a
> > clause as both required and prohibited."
> > so you can't so that, you need to think of these as on/off flags rather
> than
> > true and false from the boolean sense.
> >
> > so in your second query try :
> >
> > instead of this:
> >
> > BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> > query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), true,
> true)
> >
> > try this:
> >
> > BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> > query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), false,
> true)
> >
> > I hope this works, but by the way there are easier ways of doing a NOT,
> > check out the queryParser section of the JavaDocs
> >
> > Nader Henein
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Minh Kama Yie [mailto:minh@nuix.com.au]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:17 AM
> > To: lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org
> > Subject: performing NOT queries
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm relatively new to Lucene so this question may seem a little obvious
> but
> > I'm having some problems which may be a result of a misunderstanding on
my
> > part.
> >
> > A description of my problem is as follows:
> >
> > I have indexed 30 documents and then create a BooleanQuery as follows:
> >
> > BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> > query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", myFieldName, myAnalyzer), true,
> > false);
> >
> > I then execute it against the indexes and receive 25 documents back.
> >
> > So I was to then execute the a boolean query constructed like:
> >
> > BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> > query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), true,
> true);
> >
> > I _should_ get the other 5 right?
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
> >
> > Thanks in advance guys, you guys do awesome work.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Minh Kama Yie
> >
> > This message is intended only for the named recipient.
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> > in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly
> > prohibited.
> >
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Re: performing NOT queries

Posted by Minh Kama Yie <mi...@nuix.com.au>.
Hi Nader,

Thanks for the quick reply!

Yeah, I read that in the javadoc, but the FAQ seems to say otherwise (it
says to set both prohibited AND required flags).

I have also tried setting only the prohibited flag (as you are suggesting)
but that doesn't return any results either. I have also tried using
QueryParser. I simply added "NOT " in front of my term. That didn't work
either.

I am correct in assuming that my intended NOT query will return 5 rows?

Thanks again.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nader S. Henein" <ns...@bayt.net>
To: "Lucene Users List" <lu...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 6:32 PM
Subject: RE: performing NOT queries


> in the Lucene JAVADOC you see this :
> /*
> public final void add(Query query,
>                       boolean required,
>                       boolean prohibited)Adds a clause to a boolean query.
> Clauses may be:
> required which means that documents which do not match this sub-query will
> not match the boolean query;
> prohibited which means that documents which do match this sub-query will
not
> match the boolean query; or
> neither, in which case matched documents are neither prohibited from nor
> required to match the sub-query.
>
> It is an error to specify a clause as both required and prohibited.
> */
>
> and you see that the last line states that "It is an error to specify a
> clause as both required and prohibited."
> so you can't so that, you need to think of these as on/off flags rather
than
> true and false from the boolean sense.
>
> so in your second query try :
>
> instead of this:
>
> BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), true,
true)
>
> try this:
>
> BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), false,
true)
>
> I hope this works, but by the way there are easier ways of doing a NOT,
> check out the queryParser section of the JavaDocs
>
> Nader Henein
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Minh Kama Yie [mailto:minh@nuix.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:17 AM
> To: lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: performing NOT queries
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm relatively new to Lucene so this question may seem a little obvious
but
> I'm having some problems which may be a result of a misunderstanding on my
> part.
>
> A description of my problem is as follows:
>
> I have indexed 30 documents and then create a BooleanQuery as follows:
>
> BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", myFieldName, myAnalyzer), true,
> false);
>
> I then execute it against the indexes and receive 25 documents back.
>
> So I was to then execute the a boolean query constructed like:
>
> BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
> query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), true,
true);
>
> I _should_ get the other 5 right?
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> Thanks in advance guys, you guys do awesome work.
>
> Regards,
>
> Minh Kama Yie
>
> This message is intended only for the named recipient.
> If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that
> disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action
> in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly
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>
>
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RE: performing NOT queries

Posted by "Nader S. Henein" <ns...@bayt.net>.
in the Lucene JAVADOC you see this :
/*
public final void add(Query query,
                      boolean required,
                      boolean prohibited)Adds a clause to a boolean query.
Clauses may be:
required which means that documents which do not match this sub-query will
not match the boolean query;
prohibited which means that documents which do match this sub-query will not
match the boolean query; or
neither, in which case matched documents are neither prohibited from nor
required to match the sub-query.

It is an error to specify a clause as both required and prohibited.
*/

and you see that the last line states that "It is an error to specify a
clause as both required and prohibited."
so you can't so that, you need to think of these as on/off flags rather than
true and false from the boolean sense.

so in your second query try :

instead of this:

BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), true, true)

try this:

BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), false, true)

I hope this works, but by the way there are easier ways of doing a NOT,
check out the queryParser section of the JavaDocs

Nader Henein

-----Original Message-----
From: Minh Kama Yie [mailto:minh@nuix.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 11:17 AM
To: lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org
Subject: performing NOT queries


Hi all,

I'm relatively new to Lucene so this question may seem a little obvious but
I'm having some problems which may be a result of a misunderstanding on my
part.

A description of my problem is as follows:

I have indexed 30 documents and then create a BooleanQuery as follows:

BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", myFieldName, myAnalyzer), true,
false);

I then execute it against the indexes and receive 25 documents back.

So I was to then execute the a boolean query constructed like:

BooleanQuery query = new BooleanQuery();
query.add(QueryParser.parse("myValue", mFieldName, myAnalyzer), true, true);

I _should_ get the other 5 right?

Am I missing something here?

Thanks in advance guys, you guys do awesome work.

Regards,

Minh Kama Yie

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If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that
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