From java-user-return-28497-apmail-lucene-java-user-archive=lucene.apache.org@lucene.apache.org Wed Jun 06 14:54:02 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 91912 invoked from network); 6 Jun 2007 14:54:01 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 6 Jun 2007 14:54:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 13650 invoked by uid 500); 6 Jun 2007 14:53:57 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 13603 invoked by uid 500); 6 Jun 2007 14:53:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-user-help@lucene.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list java-user@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 13592 invoked by uid 99); 6 Jun 2007 14:53:57 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:53:57 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=10.0 tests=PLING_QUERY X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [128.230.18.29] (HELO mailer.syr.edu) (128.230.18.29) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:53:52 -0700 Received: from [128.230.84.100] (ist-h335-d03.syr.edu) by mailer.syr.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.16433CD5@mailer.syr.edu>; Wed, 6 Jun 2007 10:53:31 -0400 Message-ID: <4666CA22.3050401@syr.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:52:18 -0400 From: Steven Rowe User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5.0.4-GroupWise-IMAP-fix (Windows/20060619) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: I need 'cat???' to match 'cat' again! References: <492150.10642.qm@web63707.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <492150.10642.qm@web63707.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hi Tim, Tim Smith wrote: > How can I restore the behavior of the old > WildcardQuery under 2.1? > I badly need 'cat???' to match 'cat' again just like > in the older versions. The behavior you want was last sighted in Java Lucene four releases ago (v1.4.3). See Doug Cutting's response to a similar request: In short, although the behavior you want might eventually be restored in future releases through diligence on your part, it would almost certainly have to be expressed using a different syntax. Steve -- Steve Rowe Center for Natural Language Processing http://www.cnlp.org/tech/lucene.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-help@lucene.apache.org