Correct, and, not that I know of. Mike
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Murat Yakici <murat.yak...@cis.strath.ac.uk> wrote: > > I assume the total number of documents that you can index is also limited > by Java max int. Is this correct? Is there any way to index documents > beyond this number in a single index? > > Murat > > >> I tentatively think you are correct: the file format itself does not >> impose this limitation. >> >> But in a least a couple places internally, Lucene uses a java int to >> hold the term number, which is actually a limit of 2,147,483,648 >> terms. I'll update fileformats.html for 2.9. > > >> >> Mike >> >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:56 AM, deminix <demi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_1/fileformats.html >>> >>> The file format page at the bottom cites that there is a 32 bit limit to >>> term numbers. I fail to see where in the file formats documentation >>> that is >>> actually true. Is the bottom of the page simply out of date? I'm also >>> wondering whether the code may be a limiting factor even if the file >>> formats >>> are ok. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org >> > > > Murat Yakici > Department of Computer & Information Sciences > University of Strathclyde > Glasgow, UK > ------------------------------------------- > The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, > with registration number SC015263. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org