Hi Harini, Close the reader after delete docs to take effect.
Hope this helps, Koji > -----Original Message----- > From: Harini Raghavan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:09 AM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: Deleting a Document > > > Hi, > I want to update a document in the lucene index. As mentioned in the > documentation, I tried to delete the document using IndexReader.delete > method. But even after I delete the document, I am able to see the > document when I perform a search. I thought this could be because, I am > caching the IndexSearcher instance and refreshing it only when required. > So I tried to refresh the IndexSearcher instance immediately after > deletion. But even this did not solve the problem. Here is the code: > public synchronized void deleteDocument(String id) { > String indexLoc = luceneConfig.getIndexDir(); > Directory fsDir = getIndexDirectory(indexLoc, false); > IndexReader reader = getIndexReader(fsDir); > try { > Term t = new Term(IndexSearchConstants.DOCUMENT_ID, id); > reader.delete(t); > > //After deleting the document refresh the > IndexSearcher instance > manager.refreshIndexSearcher(); > } catch (IOException e) { > logger.error("IOException occurred in deleteDocument()", e); > } finally { > try { > reader.close(); > } catch(IOException e) {} > } > } > The document seems to be deleted only when I restart the server. Am I > missing something while deleting the document? When does the document > actually get deleted from the index? > Thanks, > Harini > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
