Elasticsearch will perform the write even if the document hasn't changed unless you set ctx.op to "noop".
Beside the point: you should try using groovy scripting! Its a less funky language and it seems to be more stable - like there aren't unexplained scripting errors. On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:06 AM, <euneve...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I can append to a list as follows: > > PUT twitter/tweet/1 > { > "list": [ > { > "tweet_id": "1", > "a": "b" > }, > { > "tweet_id": "123", > "a": "f" > } > ] > } > > POST twitter/tweet/1/_update > { > "script": > "if (!ctx._source.list.contains(newfileinfo)){ctx._source.list += > newfileinfo}", > "params": {"newfileinfo": {"tweet_id": "3", "a": "g"}} > } > > > When I run the second step above repeatedly the json : {"tweet_id": "3", > "a": "g"} is not inserted which is correct. > > However the version keeps changing > "_version": 2, > "_version": 3, > "_version": 4, > "_version": 5, > etc > > It is concerning me that the mvel: > * "if (!ctx._source.list.contains(newfileinfo)) *{ > > is not working (?) > > And the update is happening repeatedly and maybe what's happening is the > fragment is overwriting the document each time? > > That would have performance implications ? > > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9e615825-38dd-479c-bc7e-af5f8905b876%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9e615825-38dd-479c-bc7e-af5f8905b876%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elasticsearch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAPmjWd2_xWowdc%3DLJkCy5A8hzVFfSsZxCxkom%3DckXzrEegh2HQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.