Xapian discuss - Jul 2008 - Search through specific fields value

hi all,

is there a option for search through specific fields? i want have a document
and want add a field "firstname" with value "foo" and a
field "lastname"
with value "bar". how can i filter by "lastname" with value
"bar"?

greets,
sven

On Jul 29, 2008, at 6:06 PM, Sven Kummer wrote:
> hi all,
>
> is there a option for search through specific fields? i want have a  
> document
> and want add a field "firstname" with value "foo" and a
field
> "lastname"
> with value "bar". how can i filter by "lastname" with
value "bar"?
Hello Sven

The normal approach is to use a prefix, like XLASTbar XFIRSTfoo, then  
if you use the query parser, add that as a prefix:

$qp->add_prefix('first', 'XFIRST') or somesuch.

then you can search first:foo for instance.

- andreas