[SOLR-3823] Parentheses in a boost query cause errors

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.0-BETA
• Fix Version/s: 4.0, 6.0
• Component/s: query parsers

Environment

Mac, jdk 1.6, Chrome

• Assignee: Chris M. Hostetter
• Reporter: Mathos Marcer
• Created: 11/Sep/12 00:35
• Updated: 09/May/16 18:58
• Resolved: 12/Sep/12 01:11

Description

When using a boost query (bq) that contains a parentheses (like this example from the Relevancy Cookbook section of the wiki):

 ? defType = dismax 
    & q = foo bar 
    & bq = (*:* -xxx)^999 

You get the following error:

org.apache.lucene.queryparser.classic.ParseException: Cannot parse 'xxx)': Encountered " ")" ") "" at line 1, column 12. Was expecting one of: <EOF> <AND> ... <OR> ... <NOT> ... "+" ... "" ... <BAREOPER> ... "(" ... "*" ... "^" ... <QUOTED> ... <TERM> ... <FUZZY_SLOP> ... <PREFIXTERM> ... <WILDTERM> ... <REGEXPTERM> ... "[" ... "{" ... <NUMBER> ...

Issue Links

• is broken by: SOLR-3278 edismax support for negative boost with "bq" parameter