skip number ranges with empty rangeStart and non-numeric rangeEnd

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/parser/StructuredParser.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/parser/StructuredParser.java
index 54a6e5b6e90..f993c7a9e02 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/parser/StructuredParser.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/prelude/query/parser/StructuredParser.java
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ abstract class StructuredParser extends AbstractParser {
             if (tokens.currentIs(NUMBER)) {
                 rangeEnd = (negative ? "-" : "") + tokens.next().toString() + decimalPart();
             }
+            if (rangeStart.isBlank() && rangeEnd.isBlank()) return null;
 
 
             String range = "[" + rangeStart + ";" + rangeEnd;
diff --git a/container-search/src/test/java/com/yahoo/search/yql/UserInputTestCase.java b/container-search/src/test/java/com/yahoo/search/yql/UserInputTestCase.java
index 5e97b59646f..4af29822a26 100644
--- a/container-search/src/test/java/com/yahoo/search/yql/UserInputTestCase.java
+++ b/container-search/src/test/java/com/yahoo/search/yql/UserInputTestCase.java
@@ -359,4 +359,13 @@ public class UserInputTestCase {
         assertQueryFails(builder);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testUserInputWithEmptyRangeStart() {
+        URIBuilder builder = searchUri();
+        builder.setParameter("wql", "[;boom]");
+        builder.setParameter("yql", "select * from sources * where ([{\"defaultIndex\": \"text_field\",\"grammar\": \"any\"}]userInput(@wql))");
+        Query query = searchAndAssertNoErrors(builder);
+        assertEquals("select * from sources * where text_field contains \"boom\"", query.yqlRepresentation());
+    }
+
 }