Hello,

I'm fairly new to Hibernate Search so this may be a very simple question. I attempted to search the web and the texts I am using to learn Hibernate Search but have been unable to find the solution I am looking for(to be honest I may just not be using the right terms in my search so feel free to provide links if the content exists already).

I am currently trying to implement a full text search in a web application that is used to keep track of a product catalog. As of now I have a basic search running that can search by manufacturer or product name. The issue I am running into is that the search is designed to allow the user to choose the fields they search by (for example a user could choose to search by product name or manufacture or both) as long as something is occupying both search fields results are returned.

However when I choose to search for only one of the fields (like product name but not manufacturer) I get a parsing exception due to the blank space.

Are there any standard ways to set up this type of search or any tools that are designed to help with this?

Thanks for any assistance you can provide!

Hi, since you mention a parsing exception I'm guessing you're using the "QueryParser" provided by Lucene?
There are many more methods to create a Query, I think you should look for BooleanQuery and the programmatic query builder API as described here: http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/ ... y-querydsl

especially look into the paragraph "combining queries": I think it matches what you're searching for, if not you're welcome to ask more details/clarifications.

Also you can combine queries with filters, make sure you read about filters too.