[MarkLogic Dev General] lib-search, Fields, andcts:field-word-query

Thu Jul 10 13:17:50 PDT 2008

I would like to thank everyone as well.  The number of responses were great.

I ended up using Frank Sanders' suggestion; modifying lib-parser-custom.xqy took me all of two minutes.

John Craft

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Thanks to all of you for the info on how to get the field-word-query behavior (three different ways, I think!).  

I personally think an explicit "code" value is better (#default?) if you are planning to add support to lp:search-field-map.

Could any of you take this opportunity to comment on the behavior of cts:field-word-query() within cts:element-query?  Does this do anything useful?  My initial experiments seem to indicate they don't mix well, but I feel I must be missing something.

-Mike

Frank Sanders wrote: 
John,

	One way I've handled this before when I knew all of my "full text"
searches should only be searching within the field's contents is to modify
the custom:word-query function within lib-parser-custom.xqy to use a
field-word-query instead of a word query. 
	You'll still be able to use the element mappings and such as
configured in lib-search so if the user issues query was "foo:bar" to search
for documents with the appropriately configured/mapped foo element for the
value of bar will continue to behave as before. It's just that any query
that would have been a word-query will now be a field-word-query. 
	There may be better, more robust methods to tackle this. But it's a
solution I've used in the past. Hope this helps!

-fs

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[mailto:general-bounces at developer.marklogic.com] On Behalf Of John Craft
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Fields,andcts:field-word-query

I believe I'm looking for the same answer as Mike.  Is there a way to
specify a field to search without requiring the user to know the name of the
field?  Basically, the default search is a fielded search.

John Craft

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Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] lib-search,
Fields,andcts:field-word-query

Frank did you indicate there was a way to map a search "box" (element,
field, parameter - these words are too overloaded) to a field in the
lib-search criteria, rather than requiring the user to enter a formatted
query (or munging the text of their query)?  That would be useful

-Mike 

Frank Rubino wrote: 
It's the indicator passed in the user's query string:

myField:smith

It allows you to provide the user with a more friendly syntax.

On 7/10/08 9:59 AM, "John Craft" <jcraft at jonesmcclure.com> wrote:

Frank-

In your example below, what does the code attribute map to?

John Craft

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Subject: Re: [MarkLogic Dev General] lib-search, Fields,
andcts:field-word-query

John-
The lib-parser example mapping element is configured to specify
field-word
queries on a field called "weighted".

To use fields you sprecify, you create your own  mapping element:

declare namespace lp = "http://www.marklogic.com/ps/lib/lib-parser"
(:don't
forget namespace:)

<lp:search-field-map>
    <lp:mapping code="myField" field="fieldName"/>
  </lp:search-field-map>

The field attribute indicates the name of the field you created in the
admin
interface.

You use this element with lib-search when you create your
search-criteria
element.

Frank

On 7/9/08 11:49 PM, "John Craft" <jcraft at jonesmcclure.com> wrote:

I have created a field with appropriate includes and excludes, but I

am

having difficulty figuring out how to configure lib-search to search

it.

lib-search keeps wanting to build cts:word-query() constructors rather
than a cts:field-word-query() constructor.  I have looked through the
code and found the $SEARCH-FIELD-MAP in lib-parser.xqy but I'm not

sure

exactly how to use it.  The example in the documentation seems to
indicate <lp:mapping /> is for searching specific elements.

Any insight you could share with lib-search and fields would be
appreciated.

John Craft
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