On Fri, 7 Apr 2017 at 1:44 PM, Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > That's much easier. If you don't want to do ranges, use > precisonStep=Integer.MAX_VALUE. If you want to sort, then an additional > docvalues field is to be used, but that's not what you intend. > > Uwe > > ----- > Uwe Schindler > Achterdiek 19, D-28357 Bremen > http://www.thetaphi.de > eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: aravinth thangasami [mailto:aravinththangas...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, April 7, 2017 8:54 AM > > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Indexing Numeric value in Lucene 4.10.4 > > > > we don't have to sort on that field > > So that we thought of that approach > > > > Thanks for your opinion > > will consider improving precision step > > > > Kind regards, > > Aravinth > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Erick Erickson <erickerick...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > bq: What are your opinions on this? > > > > > > That this is not a sound approach. Why do you think Trie is expensive? > > > What evidence do you have at all for that? Strings are significantly > > > expensive relative to numeric fields. Plus, you can adjust the > > > precision step to reduce the "overhead" of a trie field. > > > > > > I very strongly doubt that the index would be smaller with strings. > > > I'm certain comparisons would be slower. I really can't come up with > > > much of any reason why strings would be better. > > > > > > Not to mention that sorting won't work unless you left-pad with zeros. > > > > > > Best, > > > Erick > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 6:32 AM, aravinth thangasami > > > <aravinththangas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I'm searching numeric value and will not perform range query on that > > > field > > > > I thought of indexing it as String field instead of NumericField > > > > so that it will improve indexing time by avoiding numeric tries > > > > > > > > What are your opinions on this? > > > > > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Aravinth > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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 > > Thanks Uwe
