In effect, IndexWriter's updateDocument() will first delete the document containing specific term, then add the document. It just wrap delete&add as a thread safe method.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: Doron Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 3:58 PM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Update documents WATHELET Thomas wrote: > Is-it possible to update a document's field without deleting the > document and add it again into the index? Not really... see the FAQ, especially "How do I update a document or a set of documents that are already indexed?", and also see javadocs for IndexWriter's updateDocument() methods. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
