queries with a dot in them

[jgdoke]

I have users querying this
.dno
or this
*.dno

which is a file extension we provide. but the appliance is returning zero hits.

if they query dno they get many matching pages. if you look below you can see that the dot is in the text.

1. AS_PF700S_AnalogSpdRef.doc
Analog Speed Ref Drive Product PowerFlex 700S File Name for (AS) AS_PF700S_AnalogSpdRef.dno Date / Revision 11/15/2002 - 01 Attention: This document and related file(s) ...
http://www.ab.com/...pSets_PF700S/AS_PF ... SpdRef.pdf

[John]

You can add to the Word Definition to index extensions as well, e.g. adding

>>[.]=[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}

to the Word Definition setting in all walk settings.

[jgdoke]

this is my word definition. It seems like the dot is part of the defintion. [.&']

[\alnum\x80-\xff]{1,70}
[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}>>[.&']=[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}
[\alnum/\x80-\xff]{1,70}

the bottom was added to include the "/" as part of a word.

[John]

The dot in the middle definition will pick up the dot in the middle of a word (e.g. domain name), but not just at the beginning.

[jgdoke]

with this as my word definition how would I add your piece?
[\alnum\x80-\xff]{1,70}
[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}>>[.&']=[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}
[\alnum/\x80-\xff]{1,70}

[mark]

Add John's expression to the bottom of the list.

[mark]

This should do it

[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}>>@=[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{1,70}

[mark]

The - is a phrase word separator so that's considered a 2 word phrase. The second word has . but no @ so it won't match the expression above. You may want to add an expression to handle words with embedded ..

[\alnum\x80-\xff.]{2,70}

Or you could enable post processing.