Search syntax for "+"

All,

There is a user tendency that users search with + instead of boolean operator AND. Is it that we need to explicitly convert + to AND before searching?

ex. I want search like
NBA + Results + MVP

instead of

NBA AND Results AND MVP..

Hey,

a couple solutions here:

The query_string allows you to set a default operator, so you dont have to specify any thing to have an AND query. However if you want to use OR it still needs to be specified.

The simple_query_string only supports + or - instead if AND/OR.

Last but not least, you could go with the match_query and its default operator.

If you need to support AND/OR plus +/- you might need to build your own query parser.

Hope this helps.

--Alex