Hi Karl, >From _Lucene in Action_, section 2.2, when you add the same field with different values, "Internally, Lucene appends all the words together and index them in a single Field ..., allowing you to use any of the given words when searching."
See also http://www.lucenebook.com/search?query=appendable+fields -chris On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 11:42:23 +0100 (MET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > what happens when I add two fields with the same name to one Document? > > Document doc = new Document(); > doc.add(Field.Text("bla", "this is my first text")); > doc.add(Field.Text("bla", "this is my second text")); > > Will the second text overwrite the first, because only one field can be held > with the same name in one document? > > Will the first and the second text be merged, when I search in the field bla > (e.g. with query "bla:text") ? > > I am working on XML indexing and did not get an error when having repeated > XML fields. Now I am wondering... > > Karl > > -- > Sparen beginnt mit GMX DSL: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
