Elliot, I'm having trouble getting a clear picture of your indexing scheme.
Could you provide some simple examples, e.g., for the xml: <tag1>this is some text <tag2>and some other text</tag2> </tag1> would you have something like the following? doc1 node_type: tag1 contents: this is some text doc2 node_type: tag2 contents: and some other text doc3 node_type: all_contents contents: this is some text and some other text That would help me. My first instinct would be to have something like: doc1 tag1: this is some text tag2: and some other text all-tags: this is some text and some other text What do you need that that does not achieve? Doug