[Koha] Curious searching problem with zebra

[Kurt Bodling]

Here's an idea (whether it's worth anything is for someone else to
decide):

Is it possible that your MARC field 245 second indicator is 4?  That
would indicate skipping the first four characters in the title "and_"
for filing purposes.  I don't know how zebra plays with that, if at all.

If zebra ignores MARC directions (as I guess is likely) does the word
"and" act in its Boolean function, making the search look for "  " AND
"the band played on" together in the same record?  And since there is no
null set to coordinate with the title words, you get nothing returned.
Would searching "or the band played on" retrieve the 3 records?

Again, pure speculation on my part.

Kurt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-
> bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Bob Ewart
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:32 PM
> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: [Koha] Curious searching problem with zebra
> 
> I'm running koha 3.02.01 on a 64-bit openSUSE 11.3 system with zebra.
> I
> have 3 biblios for 'And the band played on', a book, a tape and a DVD.
> 
> When I search for 'and the band played on', it finds nothing.
> When I search for 'the band played on', it finds all three.
> 
> I've done a complete rebuild of the zebra index.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> --
> Bob
> 
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