[Xapian-discuss] Searching in all "fields" by default

[Henry]

Hello all,

Our application uses several dozen 'fields' as the basis for searching  
(migrating from another indexing system).  ie, all indexed data is  
stored in fields.  Searching these fields works as expected (ie, with  
prefixes, etc).

To my chagrin, I've encountered an unexpected problem:  the previous  
indexing system would search all fields by default, but Xapian  
requires you to specify the fields you want to search in...  am I  
understanding this correctly?  If I search for 'title:bob', I get  
results as expected; if I search for 'bob' I get 0.

Our system uses many fields with specific weights.  Is there a way to  
have Xapian search all fields by default, without having to specify  
them in the search query?  I suspect I'm missing something obvious.

Thanks
Henry