[Xapian-discuss] QueryParser is strange with boolean filter

[Olly Betts]

On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 11:37:44AM +0900, Sungsoo Kim wrote:
> Case D: ?
> $ python search.py -v cup -XTYPE:H +XTYPE:V
> Performing query 'Xapian::Query((cup:(pos=1) FILTER (XTYPE:H AND XTYPE:V)))'
> 
> Case E: ?
> $ python search.py -v cup +XTYPE:H -XTYPE:V 
> Performing query 'Xapian::Query((cup:(pos=1) FILTER (XTYPE:H AND XTYPE:V)))'

The problem is that there's no case to handle "+XTYPE:H" so the
QueryParser goes into its fallback mode (assuming this is pasted text)
and strips the "+" and "-" signs.

Could you confirm that this patch fixes it:

http://www.oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/patches/queryparser-love-filter.patch

You'll need to apply it in the queryparser subdirectory.

Cheers,
    Olly