I figured that out. I was opening up a different, but similar, index. That was made evident when I printed out the document. Thanks so much, Seeta
-----Original Message----- From: Erick Erickson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 8:56 AM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Null field values When you indexed the fields you can't get back, did you use Field.Store.YES? I've been confused by the fact that Luke can "reconstruct" fields that aren't stored, but are indexed.... If that isn't the problem, perhaps you could post some code snippets..... Best Erick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]