Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working

Subject: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: Max
Date: 15 Mar 26 - 05:17 PM

Hey all, I was finally able to get the search working again. I've also managed to get 4 volumes of Child Ballads pdf pages indexed as well. While I know not everything is working quite yet, I'd appreciate if y'all gave it a spin. Cheers.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: Reinhard
Date: 15 Mar 26 - 05:59 PM

The search seems to work fine at my first tries. Thank you very much, Max!

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: DaveRo
Date: 15 Mar 26 - 06:17 PM

Advanced search still fails
eg tools AND firefox AND browser in the forum

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 15 Mar 26 - 08:36 PM

FANTASTIC !

Thank You Mr MAX

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Mudcat/DT is an overwhelming contribution to our world.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: DaveRo
Date: 16 Mar 26 - 03:51 AM

A simple forum search search for "thirty years" with or without quotes returns at least one post which includes "thirty year" (no s).

A simple forum search search for "years thirty" returns posts which includes "year thirty".

Deliberate?

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: Doug Chadwick
Date: 16 Mar 26 - 06:06 AM

I'm impressed Max. A test search took me straight to the correct thread from 2002.

DC

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: Paul Burke
Date: 16 Mar 26 - 08:28 AM

Well done that man.

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Mar 26 - 04:44 PM

Wonderful!

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: Max
Date: 17 Mar 26 - 01:56 PM

BTW, if anyone wants to download the PDFs of the full volumes, you can snatch them here.https://mudcat.org/child/download

Subject: RE: Tech: Mudcat Search Now Working
From: Max
Date: 17 Mar 26 - 02:20 PM

Oh, and I believe the syntax for advanced searches (tho I have not tested any) is as follows:

Solr's default search uses a superset of the Lucene query syntax, which offers precise search capabilities using special characters and operators.

Basic Syntax Components

• Fielded Searches: Search within a specific field by typing the field name followed by a colon and the term (e.g., title:AccessLog). If no field is specified, Solr searches a default field, often named text.
• Phrase Searches: To search for multiple words in a specific sequence, wrap them in double quotes (e.g., subject:"test email").
• Boolean Operators: Capitalized operators (AND, OR, NOT) or symbols (+, -) combine search clauses.
• AND (+): Ensures both terms are present (e.g., title:"Error 401" AND body:"Authorization is denied").
• OR (||): Matches documents containing either term (e.g., jakarta OR apache).
• NOT (-): Excludes terms from the results (e.g., title:401 -title:404).
• Grouping: Use parentheses to group clauses and control logic (e.g., (title:"Error 401" AND body:"Authorization is denied") OR title:Password). 

Term Modifiers

• Wildcard Searches:
• ?: Matches a single character (e.g., te?t matches "test" and "text").
• *: Matches zero or more characters (e.g., tes* matches "test", "testing", "tester").
• Note: Wildcards cannot be the first character of a search term by default.
• Fuzzy Searches: Use the tilde ~ at the end of a single word term to find terms with similar spelling (e.g., roam~ matches "roams", "foam"). An optional number specifies the maximum edit distance, defaulting to 2 (e.g., roam~1).
• Proximity Searches: Use the tilde ~ at the end of a phrase with a numeric value to find words within a specific distance of each other (e.g., "jakarta apache"~10 finds "jakarta" and "apache" within 10 words).
• Range Searches: Specify a range of values for a field using square brackets [] for inclusive ranges and curly brackets {} for exclusive ranges. Wildcards can be used for open-ended ranges.
• Inclusive: popularity:[52 TO 10000]
• Exclusive: title:{Aida TO Carmen}
• Open-ended: field:[100 TO *]
• Boosting Terms: Use the caret ^ symbol with a positive number (boost factor) at the end of a term or phrase to increase its relevance score (e.g., jakarta^4 apache). 

Escaping Special Characters

To search for any of the special characters that are part of the query syntax (+, -, &, |, !, (, ), {, }, [, ], ^, ", ~, *, ?, :, \), you must escape them with a backslash (\).