Many thanks Grant, I will now dirty my hands with Lucene to get our requirements
regards, Abdul --- Grant Ingersoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See below > > On Dec 11, 2006, at 7:04 AM, abdul aleem wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Im a Lucene newbie, > > > > > > Requirement : > > ============== > > a) Build a log viewer tool, search log files for > > keywords and time stamp > > > > b) files in production approx 200 logs per day > and > > each log file may range from 1MB - 5MB > > > > Lucene > > ======== > > We wanted to utilize Lucene's search capabilities > > especially search all 200 log files content > quickly > > > > a) Search criteria: > > i) Timestamp search: Fetch contents between > any > > two timestamps > > > > ii) Fetch log file contents for specified > keyword > > > > > > Query > > ======== > > a ) Would greatly appreciate if some > suggestions > > whether Lucene will be appropriate tool > for > > the requirement ?? > > > > Yes, I think this is a reasonable application of > Lucene. You > probably need a to customize analysis to handle your > log files, but > the rest should be pretty straightforward. > > > > > b) I have tried to use SpanQuery however > > struggling to fetch entire conents e.g. (between > two > > timestamps) > > You're probably better off using the approach > mentioned in c). Also > search this list for usage of RangeFilter and > search this list for > log file searching, as I am sure this topic has come > up before. > > > > > c) I had also looked at > > LargeScaleDateRangeProcessing in the wiki, is that > a > > right approach for the requirement > > -------------------------- > Grant Ingersoll > Center for Natural Language Processing > http://www.cnlp.org > > Read the Lucene Java FAQ at > http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-lucene/ > LuceneFAQ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]