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Grant Ingersoll commented on LUCENE-325: ---------------------------------------- This seems generally useful. I imagine, though, that the patch is way out of date. I wonder if the new ability to merge some segments might have an option to do this kind of thing. Any thoughts on resurrecting this? > [PATCH] new method expungeDeleted() added to IndexWriter > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-325 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-325 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Index > Affects Versions: CVS Nightly - Specify date in submission > Environment: Operating System: Windows XP > Platform: All > Reporter: John Wang > Assignee: Lucene Developers > Priority: Minor > Attachments: attachment.txt, IndexWriter.patch, IndexWriter.patch, > TestExpungeDeleted.java > > > We make use the docIDs in lucene. I need a way to compact the docIDs in > segments > to remove the "holes" created from doing deletes. The only way to do this is > by > calling IndexWriter.optimize(). This is a very heavy call, for the cases where > the index is large but with very small number of deleted docs, calling > optimize > is not practical. > I need a new method: expungeDeleted(), which finds all the segments that have > delete documents and merge only those segments. > I have implemented this method and have discussed with Otis about submitting a > patch. I don't see where I can attached the patch. I will do according to the > patch guidleine and email the lucene mailing list. > Thanks > -John > I don't see a place where I can -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]