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Connie DeCinko 931 posts 1160 karma points

Jul 07, 2016 @ 15:56
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Unexpected results when adding Fuzzy to Examine search
We're using Examine to index/search a database of members. I'm trying to rework the code as we are not getting the results to appear as we expect. Basically, we want to search a phrase of firstname lastname. If there is an exact match to a field in the search collection, show it. Otherwise or in addition, show me any similar results.

I was searching each field separately but it wasn't working as expected. Changed to a GroupOr ...
```
.GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, SearchName)
```
And I get one matching record, ok. I then add Fuzzy ...
```
.GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, SearchName.Fuzzy(0.5f));
```
Trying various values from 0.1 to 0.9. I get lots of results, but NONE of them match my search phrase!

Ok, so I try this ...
```
.GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, SearchName)
.Or()
.GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, SearchName.Fuzzy(0.5f));
```
And I get no results!

Pulling my hair out, read everything I can find, tried all the examples and forum posts, yet nothing is working.

Help!
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Connie DeCinko 931 posts 1160 karma points

Jul 07, 2016 @ 17:09
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The more I test, the more frustrated I get. It appears that the second GroupOr never gets hit.
```
.GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, SearchName)
.Or()
.GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, SearchName.Fuzzy(0.1f));
```
I should have thousands of results, instead I get zero as only the first GroupOr is being used.
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Connie DeCinko 931 posts 1160 karma points

Jul 07, 2016 @ 23:26

Here is what I currently have. I can get an exact match result from the first part. No matter what I try, the fuzzy search does not work. Searching for "jon smith" gives me "Jon Smith" but the fuzzy should also return "John Smith" and it does not.

IBooleanOperation filter = null;

filter = criteria
    .GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, SearchName);

foreach (var t in SearchName.Split(' '))
{
    filter = filter
        .Or()
        .GroupedOr(nameSearchFields, t.Fuzzy(0.4f));
}

SearchResults = ExamineManager.Instance.SearchProviderCollection["MemberFinderSearcher"].Search(filter.Compile());

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