[Xapian-discuss] wildcards and prefix searches

[Donncha Redmond]

Hey all,

I'm using Xapian through acts_as_xapian and would like to know why  
trailing wildcards do not work on prefix searches.

Specifically, I have a Merchant model with a Description field, mapped  
to the prefix "desc".

If I then search for "desc:goods" I get 4 matches, but if I search for  
"desc:goo*" I get 0.

However, when searching normal, non-prefixed fields, "goo*" would  
return at least the same amount of matches as "goods".

Anyone know how I can configure Xapian to support trailing wildcards  
on prefixes?

thanks,
donncha