Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 24153 invoked from network); 15 Jun 2007 17:23:14 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 15 Jun 2007 17:23:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 29026 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jun 2007 17:23:10 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-lucene-java-user-archive@lucene.apache.org Received: (qmail 28990 invoked by uid 500); 15 Jun 2007 17:23:10 -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 28979 invoked by uid 99); 15 Jun 2007 17:23:10 -0000 Received: from herse.apache.org (HELO herse.apache.org) (140.211.11.133) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:23:10 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (herse.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [194.109.24.32] (HELO smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl) (194.109.24.32) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:23:06 -0700 Received: from k8l.lan (porta.xs4all.nl [80.127.24.69]) by smtp-vbr12.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l5FHMiTS021087 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:22:45 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from paul.elschot@xs4all.nl) From: Paul Elschot To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: negative queries Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:22:44 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <6fb33c150706141807rc77450cqcb94184f54d85da7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6fb33c150706141807rc77450cqcb94184f54d85da7@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706151922.44258.paul.elschot@xs4all.nl> X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Friday 15 June 2007 03:07, Antony Sequeira wrote: > Hi > I am aware that with Lucene I can not do negative only queries such as > -foo:bar > > But today I ran into an issue where I realized even queries such as > +foo:bar +(-goobly:doo) > also never return any results. Could you try this: +foo:bar -goobly:doo That should do what you want, as far as I can see. Regards, Paul Elschot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscribe@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-help@lucene.apache.org