Lucene search

[ndk]

I have a problem with the lucene search.

I have an input field, the user can write what he want. So if he is looking for "book" as name he can search ook, boo, o, …

how can i do this?

I can't use *, the problem is:

Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search

at the moment i use for example: (@cm\\:name:*" + inputField + "*)" and this is not working

[lista]

Why are you even trying to do that?
Why don't you simply let the user input the * if he want's to?

Cheers,
Lista.

[mrogers]

When we were putting together some of the searches in share we used wildcards at the front.   We found it to be confusing.

[ndk]

Why are you even trying to do that?
Why don't you simply let the user input the * if he want's to?

Cheers,
Lista.

lets say we have 5 documents and cm:name are:
- 20090102_Project1-test-1.0
- 20090102_Project1-test-1.2
- 20090102_Project2-test-1.0
- 20090102_Project1-test-2.0
- 20090102_Project3-test-1.0

if the user want to find all documents of project1, he will search on project1. that's why i use * at the front. But now sometimes alfresco find results and sometime he can't find any document…
(not with the same search-input)

so is there another solution or other wild card for this problem?

[ndk]

I think i found the problem, i can use *, but i can't enter the character - in my searchField.

Is this possible? And how can i make it work with - ?