Robert Casties wrote at 2007-11-25 19:32 +0100:
is it possible to escape parentheses in ZCTextIndex searches?
If not, why not and how can I do a simple search in an index bypassing the QueryParser?
I fear nobody of us knows this. Therefore, you must yourself look at the sources. If you need this feature and "ZCTextIndex" does not provide it, then you may use a different text index. I know that with "TextIndexNG3" you can select different parsers (among others a parser that does not interpret '(' and ')') or provide your own one.
I have an index where words can contain parentheses and I am unable to enter a query for these words because the QueryParser interprets all parentheses as search expression groupings.
Then, you will need to change the lexicon as well. Usually, the lexicon breaks words at non alnum characters (with a few exeptions). Again, when I remember right, "TextIndexNG3" allows you to specify additional "word characters" (which do not lead to word braking). -- Dieter