Re: Limit number of characters returned

2010-12-03 Thread Ahmet Arslan
--- On Fri, 12/3/10, Mark static.void@gmail.com wrote: From: Mark static.void@gmail.com Subject: Limit number of characters returned To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Date: Friday, December 3, 2010, 5:39 AM Is there way to limit the number of characters returned from a stored field?

Re: Limit number of characters returned

2010-12-03 Thread Mark
Correct me if I am wrong but I would like to return highlighted excerpts from the document so I would still need to index and store the whole document right (ie.. highlighting only works on stored fields)? On 12/3/10 3:51 AM, Ahmet Arslan wrote: --- On Fri, 12/3/10,

Re: Limit number of characters returned

2010-12-03 Thread Erick Erickson
Yep, you're correct. CopyField is probably your simplest option here as Ahmet suggested. A more complex solution would be your own response writer, but unless and until you index gets cumbersome, I'd avoid that. Plus, storing the copied contents only shouldn't impact search much, since this

Re: Limit number of characters returned

2010-12-03 Thread Mark
Thanks for the response. Couldn't I just use the highlighter and configure it to use the alternative field to return the first 200 characters? In cases where there is a highlighter match I would prefer to show the excerpts anyway.

Re: Limit number of characters returned

2010-12-03 Thread Ahmet Arslan
Couldn't I just use the highlighter and configure it to use the alternative field to return the first 200 characters?  In cases where there is a highlighter match I would prefer to show the excerpts anyway. http://wiki.apache.org/solr/HighlightingParameters#hl.alternateField