Phrase search and suffic processing

[Zeus]

Hi,
We want to search for the phrase "a b c" (without the double quote), with suffix processing.
But, the suffix proc works only on the last term c, and not on the terms a and b.
To counter this, we tried on the search,

'a w/20 b' AND 'b w/20 c' with suffix proc on

This seems to get us the results, but not necessarily, in the order a followed by b followed by c.

Is there any way, to make this happen?
also, w/ works only between 2 terms or more terms. for example,
can I do 'a b c w/20'?

or can I do,
(a b w/20) w/20 c?

thanks in advance for the help!!

[Zeus]

Hi,
I hope I am not confusing here. Simply put, if I can find a way to search for,

all suffix variations of term a, followed by all suffix variations of term b, followed by all suffix variations of term c,

that is exactly what will solve our problem.

thanks!!

[mark]

There's no way to force word order and have equivs for each word in the metamorph query currently. The closest you could come would probably be to do a likep search with word order at max and word proximity high and all other rank knobs at 0.

[Zeus]

thanks.
My other question,
can I do,

'a b c w/50'

would this find a b and c within 50 characters of each other? or, does w/ work only between 2 terms?

thanks!!

[mark]

w/50 means all terms of the query must be within a region of the text 100 bytes long (50 left and right). w/ may be anywhere in the query, it always means the same thing.