Question related to phrase search in lucene/solr?

Question

hi all

I have question is it possible to perform a phrase search with wild cards in solr/lucene as if i have two queries both have exactly same results one is

+Contents:"change market"

and other is

+Contents:"chnage* market"

but i think the second should match "chages market" as well but it does not matches it. Any help would be appreciated

Regards Ahsan

Answer 1

IMO it is not possible to search for wild cards with in phrase. You might want to consider using two queries with proximity search.(q=change* market&qs=1) http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrRelevancyFAQ#How_can_I_search_for_one_term_near_another_term_.28say.2C_.22batman.22_and_.22movie.22.29

Answer 2

You can do this in Lucene with ComplexPhraseQueryParser. Solr has facility to plug in custom query parser with QParserPlugin. You can possibly use these two to have desired functionality with Solr as well.