Mailing List Archive: Combining queries using OR

On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Pradeep Kumar K wrote:

> How to combine more queries using 'OR' operator. For example
>
> Two queries are
>
> Query quer1=QueryParser.parse(String query1,String field1,analyzer)
> Query quer2=QueryParser.parse(String query2,String field2,analyzer)
>
> How can I combine these two queries using 'OR' operator i.e. ultimately
> query should be one like
>
> quer1 OR quer2

Take a look at BooleanQuery. You want to add quer1 and quer2 to a
BooleanQuery such that each is neither prohibited nor required (this will
make more sense once you see the interface).

Regards,

Joshua O'Madadhain

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