You need to delete the document from the index and reindex it. This is in the LuceneFAQ:
http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-lucene/LuceneFAQ#head-917dd4fc904aa20a34e bd23eb321125bdca1dea2 (or #24 under 3. Indexing) Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: anushri kumar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:57 AM > To: lucene > Subject: Indexing > > Hi, > > I've 4 fields in a document ie. id, URL, modified date, > contents. id is unique for each document. I wanted to know if > I index a document with the same id again , will the previous > document (in the index) be overwritten or do I have to delete > the index for that document first and then re index the modified one. > > Thanks, > Anu > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]