On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Erik Hatcher wrote: > > On Jan 6, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Joseph Ottinger wrote: > > SHouldn't Lucene warn the user if they do something like this? > > When a user indexes a null? Or attempts to write to the index from two > different IndexWriter instances? > > I believe you should get an NPE if you try index a null field value? > No?
Well, I'd agree - the lack of an exception was rather disturbing, considering how badly it destroyed Lucene for the application (requiring not only restart but cleanup as well.) I don't know Lucene well enough to say "according to the code..." but NOT adding the null managed to correct the problem entirely. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph B. Ottinger http://enigmastation.com IT Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
