Re: Sorting on an occasionally empty field

: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 11:02:27 -0400 : From: Chris D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Reply-To: java-user@lucene.apache.org, Chris D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To: java-user@lucene.apache.org : Subject: Sorting on an occasionally empty field : : Hello, : : I'm indexing one lucene document in a couple

Sorting on an occasionally empty field

Hello, I'm indexing one lucene document in a couple of steps, For a short period of time the sorted field (a date in this case) may be empty, depending on the order the files are indexed. It's perfectly acceptable (and likely ideal) for that document to not be returned. There are other cases where