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> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 12:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: Reopen IndexWriter after delete?
>
> Which begs the question: why do you need to use an IndexReader rather
> than an IndexWriter to delete an item?
>
> O
Because Lucene has to first find the segment that the specified
document is in, and this is done via IndexReaders, not IndexWriters.
More about this in the Lucene book.
Otis
--- Dror Matalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which begs the question: why do you need to use an IndexReader rather
> tha
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Subject: Re: Reopen IndexWriter after delete?
Which begs the question: why do you need to use an IndexReader rather
than an IndexWriter to delete an item?
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:46:37PM -0800, Otis Gospo
Which begs the question: why do you need to use an IndexReader rather
than an IndexWriter to delete an item?
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 02:46:37PM -0800, Otis Gospodnetic wrote:
> > 1). If I delete a term using an IndexReader, can I use an existing
> > IndexWriter to write to the index? Or do I nee
Correct. write.lock is used for that.
Otis
--- Morus Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Otis Gospodnetic writes:
> >
> > No, it is not safe. You should close the IndexWriter, then delete
> the
> > document and close IndexReader, and then get a new IndexWriter and
> > continue writing.
> >
>
Otis Gospodnetic writes:
>
> No, it is not safe. You should close the IndexWriter, then delete the
> document and close IndexReader, and then get a new IndexWriter and
> continue writing.
>
IIRC lucene takes care that you do so.
Locking prevents you from having an open IndexWriter and
modify the
> 1). If I delete a term using an IndexReader, can I use an existing
> IndexWriter to write to the index? Or do I need to close and reopen
> the IndexWriter?
No. You should close IndexWriter first, then open IndexReader, then
call delete, then close IndexReader, and then open a new IndexWriter.
Hi,
A couple questions...
1). If I delete a term using an IndexReader, can I use an existing
IndexWriter to write to the index? Or do I need to close and reopen the
IndexWriter?
2). Is it safe to call IndexReader.delete(term) while an IndexWriter is
writing? Or should I be synchronizing thes
