I haven't had much time to look through the lucene documentation - but still: How could I miss that! DOH - hehe Much easier than starting from scratch... ;)
Thanks to all of you! Erik Hatcher wrote: > > On Sep 11, 2005, at 6:03 AM, Filip Anselm wrote: > >> I'm completely new to lucene, but could figure out myself that I >> need to >> delete the old doc and add the new... But as I see it, the only way to >> delete a document is to create an implementation of the abstract >> IndexReader and use its delete(Term term) method. In my case this >> sounds >> like overkill... - Is there an other way? > > > IndexReader is abstract, but there are some concrete subclasses under > the covers. To get an instance, use one of the .open() static > methods on that class. > > Erik > > >> >> >> Mikko Noromaa wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> delete document with this id and then add document with the same id. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Yes, this is clearly the way to go. I implemented a similar >>> application >>> myself. However, earlier I stored my ID as a binary field to save >>> space, >>> because I only ever needed to read the value from a found document. >>> With the >>> update logic added, I had to store the ID as text so that Lucene >>> can search >>> for the document to delete. >>> >>> This was annoying because in my application updates are very rare, >>> but the >>> possibility must be there. Storing numbers as text doesn't sound like >>> something a modern application does. >>> >>> So, if it hasn't been asked for before, here comes: It would be >>> nice if >>> Lucene could search by binary fields. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Mikko Noromaa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - tel. +358 40 7348034 >>> Noromaa Solutions - see http://www.nm-sol.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: jian chen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 2:24 AM >>>> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: How do I avoid reindexing? >>>> >>>> >>>> delete document with this id and then add document with the same id. >>>> >>>> Jian >>>> >>>> On 9/10/05, Filip Anselm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> ...well the title says it all >>>>> >>>>> I index some documents - all with the same fields... One of >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> the fields, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> "id" is unique for the indexed documents. If i try to index >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> a document >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> with an id, that is already indexed - the old document >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> should be updated >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> or replaced with the new document, so that I avoid indexed documents >>>>> with the same id. How is the best way to do this? >>>>> >>>>> thanks >>>>> >>>>> - Filip >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- - >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
