I have gon through IndexReader , I got method : delete(int docNum) , but from where I will get document number? Is this predifined? or we have to give a number prior to indexing? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Francl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lucene Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:26 AM Subject: Re: modifying existing index
> On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 13:59, Santosh wrote: > > I am using lucene for indexing, when I am creating Index the docuemnts are added. but when I want to modify the single existing document and reIndex again, it is taking as new document and adding one more time, so that I am getting same document twice in the results. > > To overcome this I am deleting existing Index and again recreating whole Index. but is it possibe to index the modified document again and overwrite existing document without deleting and recreation. can I do this? If so how? > > You do not need to recreate the whole index. Just mark the document as > deleted using the IndexReader and then add it again with the > IndexWriter. Remember to close your IndexReader and IndexWriter after > doing this. > > The deleted document will be removed the next time you optimize your > index. > > Luke Francl > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
