How to use regex for quering in Solr 4 -

How to use regex for quering in Solr 4 -

i've reached point of desperation, i'm asking help.

i'm trying query results solr 4 engine using regex.

let's asume document want query is:

<str name="text">description: best company; name: roca mola</str>

and want query using regex:

description:(.*)?company(.*)?;

i read in forums using regex in solr 4 easy adding slashes, like:

localhost:8080/solr/q=text:/description\:(.*)?company(.*)?;/

but isn't working. , 1 doesn't work either:

localhost:8080/solr/q=text:/description(.*)?company(.*)?;/

i don't want simple query like:

localhost:8080/solr/q=text:*company*

since mismatch documents like:

<str name="text">description: home; name: mother company"</str>

if i'm not clear please allow me know.

cheers republic of chile :d

note: using text_general fields on scheme. @arun pointed out, string fields can handle type of regex i'm using.

instead of trying regex search on text field type, seek on string field type, since regex spanning more 1 word. (if regex needs match single word, can utilize text field.)

also percent encoding of special characters create sure not cause mismatches.

q=strfield:/description%3a(.*?)company(.*?)%3b.*/

update: tried on string field. above regex works. works without percent encoding i.e.

q=strfield:/description:.*?company.*?;.*/

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