Indeed, this seems to be exactly why. I now close the IndexSearcher after using the Hits object and all is fine.
Thanks a lot. Mark Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > MarkWilliams wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am having a strange problem with Lucene and am wondering if anyone can >> help me. >> >> I have Lucene indexing my site ok, but the problem is with queries. >> >> Search is fine with some terms but when searching with certain other >> terms, >> it seems mainly with terms containing spaces, although others have caused >> problems, I get the IOException error "The handle is invalid". I have >> debuged my app. and for some reason, the hits object is being filled with >> mostly null doc objects and some doc objects with field values, however >> when >> trying to loop through the hits object, I get the "The handle is invalid" >> error. >> >> Does anyone know why I'm getting so many empty doc objects and how I can >> go >> about fixing the IOException error. >> > > This sounds like a symptom of closing IndexReader (or IndexSearcher) too > early. Your IndexReader/IndexSearcher must be open throughout the life > of the Hits object - documents are lazy-loaded into Hits only when you > request them, and behind the scenes Lucene is reading them from the > IndexReader. > > -- > Best regards, > Andrzej Bialecki <>< > ___. ___ ___ ___ _ _ __________________________________ > [__ || __|__/|__||\/| Information Retrieval, Semantic Web > ___|||__|| \| || | Embedded Unix, System Integration > http://www.sigram.com Contact: info at sigram dot com > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Empty-doc-objects---%22The-handle-is-invalid%22-IOExceptions-tf2152764.html#a5980883 Sent from the Lucene - Java Developer forum at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
